Legal Opinion
State v. Carter
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided February 1, 1994No. 14508PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPalmer, J.
A jury found the defendant, Henry Carter, guilty of the crime of murder in violation of General *414Statutes § 53a-54a.1 The defendant has appealed from the judgment of the trial court sentencing him to a term of imprisonment of forty-five years.2 The defendant claims that the trial court improperly: (1) denied the defendant’s request to open his case, after he had rested, to introduce evidence of the victim’s criminal record; (2) excluded evidence of the prior criminal record of a state’s witness; and (3) instructed the jury on the issues of intent and motive. We agree with the defendant on the…
2Cases cited36 opinions
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- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Washington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
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3Cited by65 opinions
- State v. WebbSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
- State v. BrownSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
- State v. LewisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1998
- State v. ClarkSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
- State v. DecaroSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2000
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