Legal Opinion
State v. Connelly
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided August 26, 1997No. AC 14639PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DUPONT, C. J.
The defendant was convicted, after a jury trial in January, 1995, of two counts of kidnapping in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-94,1 and two counts of assault in the second degree *488in violation of General Statutes § 53a-60.2 The defendant appeals from the trial court’s judgment, claiming that the trial court improperly (1) charged the jury regarding the distinction between kidnapping and unlawful restraint, (2) dismissed for cause a venireperson in violation of the defendant’s right to self-representation, (3) excluded as hearsay an allegedly…
2Cases cited51 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
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3Cited by28 opinions
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