Legal Opinion
State v. Skakel
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided January 24, 2006No. SC 16844PublishedCited by 141 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PALMER, J.
On October 31, 1975, fifteen year old Martha Moxley was found bludgeoned to death in a wooded area on the grounds near her family home in Greenwich. No one was charged in connection with her murder until twenty-five years later, when the defendant, Michael Skakel, a fifteen year- old neighbor of the victim at the time of her death, was arrested and charged with the crime. The case initially was brought in the Superior Court for Juvenile Matters and, thereafter, transferred to the regular criminal docket of the Superior Court. Thereafter, the case was tried to a jury, which…
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