Legal Opinion
State v. Beaulieu
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided May 11, 2004No. AC 23297PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PETERS, J.
In this criminal appeal, the defendant challenges the validity of his conviction for kidnapping in the first degree and sexual assault in the first degree. The principal issue on appeal is whether the prosecutor deprived the defendant of a fair trial by a continued course of conduct designed to influence the jury’s assessment of the credibility of the state’s most important witness. We conclude that the manner in which the prosecutor conducted this case requires us to set aside the defendant’s conviction for sexual assault but not his conviction for kidnapping. Accordingly,…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- State v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2003
- State v. RossSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- State v. SinghSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2002
- Campfield v. Stickman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at GreeneSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Kelo v. City of New LondonSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- State v. CrometyConnecticut Appellate Court · 2007
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- State v. SpencerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2005
- State v. RitrovatoConnecticut Appellate Court · 2004
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