Legal Opinion
State v. Proto
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided June 2, 1987No. 12740; 12842PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
The principal issue in these appeals is whether certain provisions of Connecticut’s campaign financing act, General Statutes §§ 9-333 through 9-348dd, are unconstitutionally vague and overbroad. The defendants, Anthony Proto and Dominick Redente, were separately charged by information with multiple counts of receiving cash contributions to promote the success of a political party in violation of General Statutes (Rev. to 1983) §§ 9-348k (9) and 9-348l.1 Proto was *685also charged with illegally acting as his own campaign treasurer, in violation of General Statutes § 9-348b (a),2 with failing to…
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