Legal Opinion
State v. Singh
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided March 26, 2002No. SC 16476PublishedCited by 192 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KATZ, J.
The defendant, Balbir Singh, appeals, pursuant to our grant of certification, from the judgment of the Appellate Court affirming the trial court’s judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of two counts of arson in the first degree in violation of General Stat*695utes § 53a-lll (a) (1) and (4).1 The sole issue in this appeal is whether the state’s attorney’s cross-examination of the defendant and his closing argument to the jury deprived the defendant of a fair trial in violation of his federal constitutional rights.2 We reverse the judgment of the Appellate Court.
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2Cases cited68 opinions
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3Cited by192 opinions
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