Legal Opinion

State v. Cavell

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided January 23, 1996No. 15161PublishedCited by 45 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBorden, J.

The issues in this certified appeal are whether the Appellate Court properly concluded that: (1) the trial court acted improperly in excluding the testimony of a defense expert witness, due to a violation of a sequestration order, but its ruling was harmless; and (2) the trial court acted properly by permitting the state to present certain forensic evidence in rebuttal but refusing to allow the defendant to present surrebuttal *713evidence.1 The defendant, Scott Cavell, appeals from the judgment of the Appellate Court affirming his conviction, after a jury trial, of sexual assault in the first…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. State v. FalbySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
  2. State v. ColtonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
  3. State v. ChapmanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
  4. State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
  5. Mason Braswell v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, State of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972

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3Cited by45 opinions

  1. State v. WebbSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
  2. State v. SkakelSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2006
  3. State v. MalaveSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1999
  4. State v. BoothSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1999
  5. State v. MerriamSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2003

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