Legal Opinion
State v. Colton
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 8, 1995No. 14885PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCallahan, J.
The defendant, Murray Colton, appeals from the judgment of the trial court denying his motion to dismiss, on the ground of double jeopardy, the criminal prosecution pending against him. The defendant has been tried three times for the murder of Patricia Konesky, whose body was found on January 13,1987, in the dugout of a baseball field in New Haven.1 See General Statutes §§ 53a-54a and 53a-8.2 The first two *685trials were conducted in 1989 and 1990 and both resulted in mistrials after the jurors had reported that they were deadlocked. After a third trial, which was conducted in 1991, the…
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