Legal Opinion
State v. Watson
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided March 3, 1998No. AC 16560PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DALY, J.
In this action, the defendant, Michael Watson, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of two counts of robbery in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-134 (a) (4) and, as found by the court, of being a persistent dangerous felony offender in violation of General Statutes § 53a-40 (a).
The defendant claims that the trial court improperly (1) permitted cross-examination of an alibi witness about her failure to report the alibi, (2) denied the defendant’s motion for a mistrial, which he based on a reference by the prosecutor to his…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- Holloway v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Wood v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by7 opinions
- State v. DillardConnecticut Appellate Court · 2001
- State v. WatsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1999
- Fiona Elizabeth Marsh v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2000
- State v. GuzmanConnecticut Appellate Court · 2002
- State v. RomankoConnecticut Appellate Court · 2012
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