Legal Opinion
State v. Ceballos
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided October 21, 2003No. SC 16901PublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
NORCOTT, J.
The principal issue in this appeal is whether the defendant’s federal due process right to a fair trial was violated as a result of numerous instances of prosecutorial misconduct during closing arguments and in the questioning of witnesses. The defendant, Manuel Ceballos, appeals1 from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial before the court, Devlin, J., of one count each of the crimes of sexual assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes (Rev. to 1999) § 53a-70 (a) (2),2 and risk of injury to a child in violation of General Statutes (Rev. to…
2Cases cited58 opinions
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- State v. EvansSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1973
- Robert Glen Coe, Petitioner-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Ricky Bell, Warden, Respondent-Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1999
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
- State v. KitchenWashington Supreme Court · 2004
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3Cited by109 opinions
- State v. StevensonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
- State v. FauciSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2007
- State v. SkakelSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2006
- State v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2003
- State v. WarholicSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2006
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