Legal Opinion
State v. Lopez
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 20, 1996No. 15320PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKatz, J.
The sole issue in this certified appeal is whether the Appellate Court properly upheld the trial court’s decision to exclude the confession of a third party. We conclude that the trial court abused its discretion in failing to determine that the third party declarant was unavailable and, because the trial court did not decide whether her statement was trustworthy, we remand the case for further proceedings.1
*58The defendant, Heriberto Lopez, was charged with murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a,2 conspiracy to commit murder in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-54a and 53a-48,3…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- United States v. David Guillette and Robert JoostCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- United States v. Christos Potamitis, Eddie Argitakos, and Steve ArgitakosCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- United States v. Jose Luis Oropeza and Mark James MintonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- State v. GoldSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
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3Cited by22 opinions
- State v. HinesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1998
- State v. SchiappaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1999
- State v. LewisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1998
- State v. RiveraSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
- State v. ChristianHawaii Supreme Court · 1998
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