Legal Opinion
State v. Long
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 11, 2009No. SC 18245PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ZARELLA, J.
The defendant, Deion J. Long, appeals 1 from the judgment of conviction of one count of risk of injury to a child in violation of General Statutes (Rev. to 2005) § 53-21 (a) (2). 2 On appeal, the defendant claims that the remarks of the assistant state’s attorney (prosecutor) to the jury in his closing and rebuttal arguments were improper and deprived him of his constitutional right to a fair trial. 3 We disagree with the defendant and, therefore, affirm the judgment of the trial court.
A jury reasonably could have found the following facts. On Friday, July 15, 2005, the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Darden v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
- State v. StevensonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
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3Cited by52 opinions
- State v. Nevada R. UgaldeMontana Supreme Court · 2013
- Kiyon L. BrownWyoming Supreme Court · 2014
- State v. PapandreaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2011
- State v. ShermanConnecticut Appellate Court · 2011
- State v. WilliamsConnecticut Appellate Court · 2017
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