Legal Opinion
State v. Finan
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided March 30, 2004No. AC 21737PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BISHOP, J.
The principal issue in this appeal is whether police officers may give lay opinion testimony as to the identification of an individual depicted on a convenience store surveillance videotape filmed during the course of a robbery. Because we believe that they may, the trial court’s judgment of conviction is affirmed.
The defendant, Michael Finan, was convicted after a jury trial of one count of robbery in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-135 and one count of conspiracy to commit robbery in the second degree in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-135 and…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- United States v. JackmanCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
- State v. NewsomeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
- United States v. Carl FarnsworthCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
- State v. MukhtaarSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2000
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3Cited by7 opinions
- State v. FinanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2005
- Deegan v. SimmonsConnecticut Appellate Court · 2007
- State v. BriscoConnecticut Appellate Court · 2004
- State v. StranoConnecticut Appellate Court · 2004
- State v. FinanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
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