Legal Opinion
State v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided November 11, 2008No. SC 17190PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PALMER, J.
A jury found the defendant, Matthew Steven Johnson, guilty of three counts of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a. The trial court rendered judgments in accordance with the jury ver dicts, 2 and the defendant appealed to this court pursuant to General Statutes § 51-199 (b) (3). On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court improperly (1) granted the state’s motion to consolidate for trial the three counts of murder upon concluding that the evidence of each murder was cross admissible as to the other two murders to prove both intent and a common plan or…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- State v. ColonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
- State v. BoscarinoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
- State v. DeJesusSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2008
- State v. SkakelSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2006
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- State v. GuptaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2010
- State v. ReynoldsConnecticut Appellate Court · 2009
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