Legal Opinion
State v. Bethea
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided January 22, 1991No. 8607PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCretella, J.
The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of attempted sexual assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-49 and 53a-70, kidnapping in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-92, and assault in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-60.1 He claims that the trial *15court (1) should not have admitted the victim’s recorded and unrecorded statements to the police as evidence under the constancy of accusation exception to the hearsay rule, (2) should have allowed new counsel to be appointed after a…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- California v. TybergSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- State v. WhelanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
- State v. PollittSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
- State v. OuelletteSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
- State v. DabkowskiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
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3Cited by24 opinions
- State v. TroupeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
- Crawford v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2009
- State v. DePastinoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- State v. KelleySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- State v. FernandezSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2000
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