Legal Opinion
State v. Thorpe
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided December 23, 2025No. SC21004PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. JOSEPH THORPE (SC 21004) Mullins, C. J., and McDonald, D’Auria, Ecker, Alexander, Dannehy and Bright, Js. Syllabus Convicted of murder in connection with the shooting death of the victim after unsuccessfully asserting a self-defense claim at trial, the defendant appealed to this court. The defendant, who had testified at trial, claimed that the trial court committed plain error by permitting the prosecutor to cross-examine him regarding his prearrest silence, specifically, his failure to report to the police after the murder but before being arrested that he allegedly…
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