Legal Opinion
State v. Rish
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided February 7, 1989No. 6748; 6749PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDupont, C. J.
In two companion cases, the defendant appeals from the denial by the trial court of his motions to withdraw his pleas entered pursuant to the Alford doctrine.1
In the first case, the defendant was charged with one count of sexual assault in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-71 (a) (l)2 and one count of risk of injury to a minor in violation of General Statutes § 53-21.3 The state claimed that the defendant had sexual intercourse with the minor victim on a regular basis, from 1980, when she was eight years old, to 1986. In the second case, the defendant was charged with…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by17 opinions
- State v. SilvaConnecticut Appellate Court · 2001
- Sherbo v. MansonConnecticut Appellate Court · 1990
- State v. MurdickConnecticut Appellate Court · 1991
- State v. AquinoConnecticut Appellate Court · 2005
- State v. BrownConnecticut Appellate Court · 1989
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