State v. Courchesne

For the purpose of this probable cause hearing the court finds, with the acquiescence of the defendant as to counts two, three and four of the information, that the defendant’s actions resulted in the death of Antonia Rodgers (Antonia) and that Antonia was a viable unborn fetus at the time the defendant stabbed her mother, Demetris Rodgers.

The question presented in this case is one of first impression in Connecticut; specifically, whether the defendant can be tried for murder and capital felony for the killing of an infant who succumbs forty-two days following a Caesarean birth necessitated…