Legal Opinion
State v. Smith
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided May 5, 1992No. 14209PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShea, J.
The defendant, Sean Smith, appeals from a murder conviction1 claiming' that the trial court improperly: (1) prohibited certain voir dire questions *3regarding racial prejudice and predisposition to convict; (2) allowed the state to exercise peremptory challenges to excuse two black venirepersons; (3) prohibited the defense from introducing certain evidence concerning the violent proclivities of the victim; and (4) gave the jury an incomplete “Chip Smith” charge. We affirm the judgment.
The jury could reasonably have found the following facts. In February, 1990, the victim, Darrell Brantley, made…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Ham v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Aldridge v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- State v. MooreSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1989
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3Cited by57 opinions
- State v. JuniorsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2005
- State v. HintonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
- State v. HodgeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1999
- United States v. Ronald Keiser, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
- State v. EspositoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
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