Legal Opinion
State v. Brown
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided March 5, 1996No. 13431PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpear, J.
The defendant was convicted, after a jury trial, of attempted assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-49 and 53a-59 (a) (1). On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court improperly (1) deprived him of his statutory and constitutional rights to a speedy trial, (2) excluded as evidence the death certificate of a critical witness, and (3) allowed inflammatory and prejudicial rebuttal testimony of an incompetent witness. We disagree with the defendant’s claims and affirm the judgment of the trial court.
The jury reasonably could have found the following relevant…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- State v. GeislerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
- Kelley v. BonneySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
- State v. MorrillSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
- State v. TosteSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
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3Cited by11 opinions
- State v. BrownSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1997
- State v. TaylorConnecticut Appellate Court · 2005
- State v. LacksConnecticut Appellate Court · 2000
- Commissioner of Transportation v. KahnSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2003
- State v. WallConnecticut Appellate Court · 1996
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