Legal Opinion
State v. Collins
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided January 5, 2011No. SC 18297PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
NORCOTT, J.
The principal issue in this certified appeal is whether the trial court properly admitted, under § 4-5 of the Connecticut Code of Evidence,1 uncharged misconduct evidence concerning the defendant’s involvement in a prior shooting using the same gun that was the murder weapon in the present case. The state appeals, upon our grant of its petition for certification,2 from the judgment of the Appellate Court *570reversing the judgment of conviction of the defendant, Ricardo Collins, of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a (a), felony murder in violation of General…
2Cases cited64 opinions
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- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
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3Cited by56 opinions
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