State v. Skipwith

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. JUSTIN SKIPWITH (SC 19608) Rogers, C. J., and Palmer, Eveleigh, McDonald, Espinosa, Robinson and D’Auria, Js.* Syllabus Pursuant to the victim’s rights amendment set forth in the state constitution (Conn. Const., amend. XXIX [b]), in a criminal prosecution, the victim has the right to make a statement to the court objecting to or supporting any plea agreement prior to the court’s acceptance of that plea, and to make a statement to the court at sentencing. The plaintiff in error, whose daughter had died as a result of the defendant’s criminal conduct, filed a writ of…