Legal Opinion
State v. Butler
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided May 31, 1988No. 13140PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHull, J.
The defendant, Mélico Butler, was charged with the crimes of robbery in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-134 (a) (2),1 and of being a persistent dangerous felony offender in violation of General Statutes § 53a-40.2 After a jury trial, the defendant was found guilty of the robbery charge and *621pleaded guilty to the charge of being a persistent dangerous felony offender. He appeals the judgment of conviction.
On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court erred (1) in admitting into evidence, for purposes of impeaching the credibility of a defense witness, a…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- State v. EvansSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1973
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
- Miles v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- State v. DerricoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
- State v. ReedSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1978
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3Cited by45 opinions
- State v. OrtizSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991
- State v. OrtizSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2000
- State v. BaileySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
- State v. GriffinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2000
- State v. FaustSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
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