Legal Opinion
State v. Gonzalez
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided March 1, 1988No. 13055PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
The principal issue on this appeal is whether the defendant, Carlos Gonzalez, has established that the prosecutor discriminatorily employed peremptory challenges to exclude Hispanics from the jury that convicted him of the crime of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a (a).1 The defendant appeals from the judgment rendered by the court in accordance with the verdict of the jury.
The jury could reasonably have found the following facts. On September 27, 1985, the defendant was a prisoner at the community correctional center in New Haven. The defendant used a handmade weapon known as…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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3Cited by42 opinions
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