Legal Opinion
State v. Holmes
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided June 26, 2001No. AC 19329PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DRANGINIS, J.
The defendant, Shawn Holmes, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered following a jury trial, of sexual assault in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-71 (a) (1) and risk of injury to a child in violation of General Statutes § 53-21 (a) (1). On appeal, the defendant claims that (1) the trial court improperly admitted evidence of flight and instructed the jury on consciousness of guilt, and (2) prosecutorial misconduct deprived him of a fair trial. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
The jury reasonably could have found the following…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- United States v. Gaetano ModicaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
- State v. CoutureSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
- State v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
- State v. KulmacSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
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3Cited by23 opinions
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