State v. Ruocco
Supreme Court of Connecticut
1Opinion of the CourtPalmer, J.
After a jury found the defendant, Dustin Ruocco, guilty of burglary in the third degree and larceny in the third degree, the Appellate Court reversed his conviction upon concluding that it was plain error for the trial court not to instruct the jury, as mandated by General Statutes § 54-84(b), 1 that it may draw no unfavorable inferences from the defendant's failure to testify. State v. Ruocco, 151 Conn.App. 732 , 744, 754, 95 A.3d 573 (2014). We granted the state's petition for certification to appeal, limited to the issue of whether the Appellate Court properly reversed the defendant's…
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