Legal Opinion
State v. Smith
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 22, 1986No. 12936PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the trial court abused its discretion by denying the defendant’s motion for a mistrial after the court, in the jury’s presence, engaged in a colloquy with the state’s principal witness. After a trial by jury, the defendant, Lawrence Smith, was convicted of assault in the third degree in violation of General Statutes § SSa-bl,* 1 and was sentenced to one year of imprisonment. He appeals from this judgment. We find error.
The jury could reasonably have found the following facts. On the evening of November 30, 1983, the defendant was in the custody…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- State v. EvansSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1973
- Quercia v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- State v. UbaldiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
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3Cited by39 opinions
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- State v. CooperSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
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