Legal Opinion
State v. Wilkes
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided March 5, 1996No. 15278PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
The sole issue in this certified appeal is whether, under the circumstances of this case, the Appellate Court properly concluded that the improper invocation of the fifth amendment privilege against self-incrimination on behalf of a witness for the prosecution *178was harmful error requiring a new trial. After a jury trial, the defendant, Kendrick Wilkes, was convicted of three counts of sale of narcotics and one count of possession of narcotics with intent to sell in violation of General Statutes § 21a-278 (b),1 and one count of conspiracy to violate the dependency producing drug law in…
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3Cited by18 opinions
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