Legal Opinion
State v. Cavallo
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 5, 1986No. 12632PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
The principal issue in this case is whether the Connecticut statute that prohibits tampering with witnesses is unconstitutionally vague. After a jury trial, the defendant, John Cavallo, was convicted of tampering with a witness in violation of General Statutes § 53a-151. He appeals from this judgment.
The jury could reasonably have found the following facts. On several occasions during the early months of 1984, the defendant, a Watertown police officer, allowed a seventeen year old woman to accompany him in his police cruiser. The couple often drank alcohol while together in the cruiser. On…
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