Legal Opinion

State v. Malave

Connecticut Appellate Court

Decided February 10, 1998No. AC 15615PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

SPEAR, J.

The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of two counts of assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-59 (a) (l).1 The defendant claims that the trial court improperly (1) restricted his voir dire thereby *599preventing him from identifying venirepersons who were unqualified to serve as jurors, (2) instructed the jurors that they could draw an adverse inference from the defendant’s failure to produce a certain witness, (3) emphasized the criminal records of the defendant and his key witness and (4) failed to…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Secondino v. New Haven Gas Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1960
  2. State v. BrownSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
  3. State v. PinnockSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
  4. State v. PattersonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
  5. State v. TaylorSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. State v. MalaveSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1999
  2. State v. RossSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
  3. State v. MartinezConnecticut Appellate Court · 2006
  4. State v. CaballeroConnecticut Appellate Court · 1998
  5. Glass v. Peter Mitchell Construction Leasing & Development Corp.Connecticut Appellate Court · 1998

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