Legal Opinion
State v. Smith
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided August 19, 1997No. AC 16024PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
LANDAU, J.
The defendant, Devon Smith, appeals1 from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a.2 On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court improperly (1) excluded impeachment evidence regarding the prior conviction of a state’s witness, (2) violated his right to confrontation, and (3) found the evidence sufficient to support his conviction. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
The jury could reasonably have found the following facts. On November 25, 1993, the victim, Michael Diaz, walked to Hartford…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- State v. MillerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
- State v. PinnockSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
- State v. AdamsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
- State v. ColtonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
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3Cited by6 opinions
- State v. WrightConnecticut Appellate Court · 2001
- State v. BillieConnecticut Appellate Court · 1998
- State v. ChemlenConnecticut Appellate Court · 2016
- Smith v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2019
- Smith v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2024
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