State v. Miranda

Opinion

BEACH, J.

On January 3, 1988, while the relatives with whom she lived were away for the weekend, Carmen Lopez was murdered in her Hartford apartment. In June of that year, Lopez’ one-time boyfriend, Miguel Roman, was arrested and charged with the murder. He ultimately was convicted of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a and sentenced to sixty years incarceration. Two decades later, an investigation into Roman’s case by the Connecticut Innocence Project led to the reexamination of physical evidence with contemporary DNA testing technologies and the vacating of his…