Legal Opinion
State v. Files
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided April 21, 1981PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, J.
The defendant, John W. Piles, Jr., has filed a motion to set aside the judgment rendered against him upon his conviction of the crimes of sexual assault in the fourth degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-73a (a) (1) (A) 2 and of risk of injury to a child in violation of General Statutes § 53-21. 3 The motion is premised upon the state’s failure to defend against his appeal with due diligence.
The record reveals that the defendant, then fifty-seven years old, was charged by information on October 2, 1978, with the commission of the crimes on September 30, 1978. After a trial to the…
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- Rinaldi v. YeagerSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by10 opinions
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