Legal Opinion
State v. Phillips
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided July 31, 2007No. AC 25281PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DiPENTIMA, J.
In all criminal prosecutions, the defendant has the right to a trial by an impartial jury. *718U.S. Const., amend. VI; Conn. Const., art. I, § 8. Allegations of racial bias on the part of jury members strike at the heart of that right. In this appeal, we primarily address the claim by the defendant, Dowen D. Phillips, that the trial court improperly denied his motion for a new trial following a hearing that revealed evidence of possible racial bias on the part of a juror.
Our reading of State v. Santiago, 245 Conn. 301, 336, 715 A.2d 1 (1998), in which our Supreme Court…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- McDonald v. PlessSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- State v. BrownSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
- State v. DenbySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
- State v. GrahamSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
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3Cited by12 opinions
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