Legal Opinion

State v. Jackson

Connecticut Appellate Court

Decided November 7, 2017No. AC36790PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtElgo, J.

This criminal appeal returns to this court following a remand by our Supreme Court.

State v. Jackson , 325 Conn. 917 , 163 A.3d 617 (2017). On remand, the Supreme Court has directed this court to consider the merits of the claim of the defendant, Troy Jackson, that the trial court committed plain error in failing to provide a special accomplice credibility instruction to the jury. Id. We conclude that the defendant has not met his burden pursuant to the plain error doctrine and, accordingly, affirm the judgment of the trial court.

As this court noted in its earlier decision, the jury reasonably…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. California v. TybergSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. State v. WhelanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
  4. State v. KitchensSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2011
  5. State v. ColonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2004

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. State v. RichardsConnecticut Appellate Court · 2020
  2. State v. SoyiniConnecticut Appellate Court · 2018
  3. State v. OutlawConnecticut Appellate Court · 2018
  4. State v. BrownConnecticut Appellate Court · 2018
  5. State v. JacksonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2018

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