Legal Opinion
State v. Butler
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided November 2, 1999No. AC 17753PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
LAVERY, J.
The defendant, Harold Trent Butler, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of murder as an accessory in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-54a (a) and 53a-8 and conspiracy to commit murder in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-54a (a) and 53a-48 (a). On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court improperly (1) denied his motions for a mistrial that were based on the existence of egregious prosecutorial misconduct, (2) adopted a curative instruction that was insufficient to cure the prejudice caused by the misconduct, (3) denied his…
2Cases cited46 opinions
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- Donnelly v. DeChristoforoSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Randall v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2001
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