Legal Opinion
State v. Courchesne
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided March 11, 2003No. SC 16665PublishedCited by 201 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*539 Opinion
BORDEN, J.
Under our statutory scheme, a defendant becomes eligible for the death penalty if he is convicted of a capital felony for the “murder of two or more persons at the same time or in the course of a single transaction . . . .” General Statutes (Rev. to 1997) § 53a-54b (8), as amended by No. 98-126, § 1, of the 1998 Public Acts (P.A. 98-126).1 One of the aggravating factors that permits the imposition of the death penalty is that “the defendant committed the offense in an especially heinous, cruel or depraved manner . . . .” Gen*540eral Statutes (Rev. to 1997) § 53a-46a (i) (4).2…
2Cases cited73 opinions
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- United States v. American Trucking AssociationsSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Circuit City Stores, Inc. v. AdamsSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
- Towne v. EisnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
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3Cited by201 opinions
- State v. ColonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
- Miller v. EganSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2003
- State v. DeJesusSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2008
- State v. PeelerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
- State v. RizzoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2003
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