Legal Opinion
State v. Diaz
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 16, 2011No. SC 17949PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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ROGERS, C. J.
The primary issues in this appeal are: (1) whether the trial court committed plain error by failing, sua sponte, to give a special credibility instruction to the jury concerning three witnesses for the state who were involved in the criminal justice system and, therefore, may have had a personal interest in testifying for the state; and (2) whether this court should exercise its supervisory powers to require the trial courts to give a special credibility instruction for all such witnesses. The defendant, Luis Diaz, was charged and convicted of murder in violation of…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- State v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2003
- State v. KitchensSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2011
- Campfield v. Stickman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at GreeneSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- State v. LedbetterSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2005
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3Cited by46 opinions
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