Legal Opinion
State v. Dupree
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 16, 1985No. 12222PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCallahan, J.
This is an appeal by the state, with the permission of the trial court, from the judgment sen*657tencing the defendant, after conviction by a jury of two counts of arson murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54d, to a term of life imprisonment suspended after twenty-five years with probation for five years. The counts arose from the deaths of the defendant’s former wife, Laurel Dupree, and her seven year old son, David Neal, in a fire at 414 Winthrop Avenue, New Haven, in the early morning hours of September 24,1981. The state claims that the trial court erred in refusing to sentence the…
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