Legal Opinion
State v. Douglas C.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided December 13, 2022No. SC20456PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. DOUGLAS C., JR.* (SC 20456) Robinson, C. J., and McDonald, D’Auria, Mullins, Ecker and Keller, Js. Syllabus A criminal information is duplicitous when it charges a defendant in a single count with two or more distinct and separate criminal offenses, thereby implicating the defendant’s constitutional right to a unanimous jury verdict. Convicted of five counts of the crime of risk of injury to a child in connection with the sexual abuse of five victims, including N, S, and T, the defendant appealed to the Appellate Court. The defendant allegedly had sexual and indecent…
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