Legal Opinion
State v. Smith
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided February 11, 2021No. SC20187PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Page 56 CONNECTICUT LAW JOURNAL September 7, 2021 54 SEPTEMBER, 2021
338 Conn. 54
State v. Smith STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. JEFFREY SMITH (SC 20187) Robinson, C. J., and Palmer, McDonald, D’Auria, Kahn, Ecker and Vertefeuille, Js.* Syllabus Pursuant to this court’s decision in State v. Polanco ( 308 Conn. 242), the proper remedy for a double jeopardy violation arising out of cumulative convictions is to vacate one of the convictions rather than merging them. The defendant, who had been convicted of felony murder and manslaughter in the first degree, among other crimes, appealed from the trial…
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