Legal Opinion
State v. Simms
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided April 25, 1989No. 13429PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSantaniello, J.
The defendant was found guilty of the crimes of accessory to assault of a person sixty or older in the first degree in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-59 (a) (3), 53a-59a and 53a-8, and robbery in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-135 (a) (1). On appeal to the Appellate Court, he claimed that the trial court erred in admitting the transcript of the Alford plea canvass of Daniel Jones, an alleged coparticipant in the original crime, as a prior statement inconsistent with Jones’s trial testimony. The Appellate Court concluded that the trial court had properly…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- California v. TybergSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- State v. WhelanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
- State v. PiskorskiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1979
- State v. PalmerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Simms v. Warden, State PrisonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- Simms v. WardenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- People v. MillerNew York Court of Appeals · 1998
- State v. StewartConnecticut Appellate Court · 2001
- State v. MarinoConnecticut Appellate Court · 1990
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