Legal Opinion
State v. Chasity West
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 26, 2005No. SC 16627PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PALMER, J.
In the early morning hours of July 9, 1998, seven year old Jarrell Cuyler and his two year old sister, Lindsey Cuyler, were asleep in their home on Lovell Avenue in Windsor, where they resided with their mother, Tammi Cuyler, when they were viciously attacked by a masked intruder. Although seriously injured, Lindsey survived her wounds; tragically, Jarrell did not. A week later, the defendant, Chasity West, who is Tammi Cuyler’s first cousin, was charged with various crimes in connection with the attack. At the ensuing jury trial, the state adduced powerful evidence of the…
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