Legal Opinion

State v. Safford

Connecticut Appellate Court

Decided May 8, 1990No. 7867PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtFoti, J.

The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of the crimes of sexual assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-70 (a), and unlawful restraint in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-95 (a). The defendant claims that the trial court erred in denying his pretrial motion to dismiss the jury and to select a new jury because the jurors had been told during voir dire that the defendant was charged with two separate alleged sexual assaults.1 This motion was made after the state chose to proceed with only one of the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

State v. BrigandiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
State v. GlennSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
State v. VassSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
State v. BausmanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
State v. RodriguezSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989

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3Cited by5 opinions

State v. KellySupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
State v. BanksConnecticut Appellate Court · 2000
State v. AponteConnecticut Appellate Court · 1998
State v. AggenConnecticut Appellate Court · 2003
State v. SaffordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1990