Legal Opinion
State v. Bennett
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided March 14, 2017No. SC18862PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcDONALD, J.
The defendant, Erick Bennett, directly appeals to this court following his conviction of murder in violation of General Statutes (Rev. to 2009)
§ 53a-54a. The defendant claims that there were numerous defects in his trial, the principal of which was that the trial court violated his constitutional right to present a defense by improperly refusing either to issue a summons to secure the attendance of a material witness in support of a theory of third-party culpability, or to allow the defendant to introduce that witness' statement to the police in lieu of her live testimony. 1 We conclude that…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Washington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- State v. GeislerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
- California v. TybergSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by31 opinions
- State v. MooreConnecticut Appellate Court · 2018
- Gomez v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2017
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- State v. SwillingConnecticut Appellate Court · 2018
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