Legal Opinion
State v. Vines
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided July 30, 2002No. AC 21386PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
FLYNN, J.
The defendant, Edward Vines, appeals from the judgment of conviction, following a jury trial, of robbery in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-134 (a) (2). On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court improperly restricted his cross-examination of the state’s witness, the victim Darryl Petitt.1 Specifically, he claims that the court should have allowed him, on cross-examination, to introduce a prior consistent statement of the witness. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
The record reveals the following pertinent facts. Pet-itt was sitting at…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- California v. TybergSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- State v. WhelanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
- State v. HinesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1998
- State v. PrioleauSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
- State v. OuelletteSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Daley v. McClintockSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
- State v. MoodyConnecticut Appellate Court · 2003
- Vines v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2006
- State v. McSwainConnecticut Appellate Court · 2008
- State v. GaskinConnecticut Appellate Court · 2009
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