Legal Opinion
State v. Lewis
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 4, 1998No. SC 15323PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BORDEN, J.
The defendant, Scott Lewis, appeals1 from the judgment of conviction, after a jury trial, of *781two counts of murder in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-8 and 53a-54a,2 and two counts of felony murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54c.3 The defendant claims that: (1) the evidence was insufficient to prove felony murder beyond a reasonable doubt; (2) the court improperly limited cross-examination of the state’s key witness; and (3) the court improperly excluded evidence of a third party confession. The defendant also raises several challenges to the trial court’s…
2Cases cited77 opinions
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Washington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- Secondino v. New Haven Gas Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1960
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3Cited by84 opinions
- State v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2003
- State v. MontgomerySupreme Court of Connecticut · 2000
- Small v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2008
- State v. PierreSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2006
- State v. WhipperSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
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