Legal Opinion

State v. Gibson

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided November 22, 2011No. SC 18402PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

VERTEFEUILLE, J.

The defendant, Gary D. Gibson, was convicted, after a jury trial, of failure to appear in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-172 (a) (l), 1 and was acquitted of a charge of stalking in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-181c. 2 The defendant appealed from the judgment of conviction to the Appellate Court, which reversed the conviction on the ground that improper statements by the prosecutor during closing argument had deprived the defendant of his constitutional due process right to a fair trial. State v. Gibson, 114 Conn. App.…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
  2. State v. ColonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
  3. State v. SalamonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2008
  4. State v. StevensonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
  5. State v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2003

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. State v. PayneSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2012
  2. State v. WilliamsConnecticut Appellate Court · 2017
  3. State v. TurnerConnecticut Appellate Court · 2018
  4. State v. JordanConnecticut Appellate Court · 2012
  5. State v. Courtney G.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 2021

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