Legal Opinion
State v. Stoddard
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided February 2, 1988No. 12989PublishedCited by 128 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
The principal issue in this appeal is whether the police are constitutionally required under *158state law to inform a suspect whom they are holding for custodial interrogation of timely efforts by counsel to render pertinent legal assistance. The defendant, Robert Stoddard, was charged by amended information with the crime of felony murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54c.1 After a jury found the defendant guilty as charged, the trial court rendered a judgment sentencing the defendant to a term of imprisonment of fifty years.
The jury could reasonably have concluded that, on the evening…
2Cases cited45 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
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3Cited by128 opinions
- State v. GeislerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
- State v. StephensonTennessee Supreme Court · 1994
- State v. MarsalaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1990
- People v. McCauleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1994
- Friedman v. Commissioner of Public SafetySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1991
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