Legal Opinion
State v. Faria
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided September 26, 2000No. SC 16190PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MCDONALD, C. J.
The issues in this appeal are: (1) whether the sentence imposed on the defendant, pursuant to the persistent dangerous felony offender statute, General Statutes § 53a-40 (f),1 after his retrial was more severe than the sentence he received as a persistent dangerous felony offender after his original trial and, therefore, was presumptively vindictive and violative of the defendant’s due process rights under North Carolina v. Pearce, 395 U.S. 711, 89 S. Ct. 2072, 23 L. Ed. 2d 656 (1969); and (2) whether the trial court improperly *616instructed the jury concerning intoxication…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- Alabama v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Chaffin v. StynchcombeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- State v. DenbySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- State v. RamosSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2002
- State v. DehaneySupreme Court of Connecticut · 2002
- Johnson v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2002
- State v. RussoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2002
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