Legal Opinion
State v. Acquin
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 27, 1982PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpeziale, C. J.
In the early morning hours of July 22, 1977, police and fire officials found nine bodies, eight of them children, inside the burned-out house of Fred Beaudoin, Sr. and Cheryl Beaudoin in Prospect. All of the victims had been beaten, some had been bound, and Cheryl Beaudoin had been stabbed. The defendant, Lome Aequin, was indicted for the murders, and charged by information with first degree arson for the burning of the house. After a trial before a jury of twelve, he was found guilty on all counts and sentenced to an effective prison term of not less than 105 years nor more than life.
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