Legal Opinion
State v. Carpenter
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 20, 1991No. 14173PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCallahan, J.
The issue in this appeal is whether a criminal defendant’s right to due process is violated when he is resentenced on a lesser included offense after a successful appeal of the greater offense and receives a sentence which, while thirty years less than his original sentence, is the maximum sentence allowed *171for the lesser offense, when he had received only five-sixths of the maximum sentence allowed for the greater offense.
The defendant, Richard T. Carpenter, Jr., was convicted of the crime of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a and sentenced to a term of imprisonment of fifty…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- State v. CarpenterSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1990
- United States v. Lewis MarkusCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
- United States v. Thaeeb BayCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- United States v. Salvatore AlbaneseCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by47 opinions
- State v. SivriSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- State v. BrownSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
- State v. GreenfieldSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
- State v. DavisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- State v. JonesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
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