Legal Opinion

State v. Montoya

Connecticut Appellate Court

Decided September 2, 2008No. AC 28164PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

BISHOP, J.

The defendant, Leonardo Montoya, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of sexual assault in the fourth degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-73a (a) (2). On appeal, the defendant claims that he is entitled to a judgment of acquittal because the evidence adduced at trial was insufficient to sustain the conviction and that the prosecutor engaged in a pattern of impropriety that deprived him of a fair trial. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The jury reasonably could have found the following facts. The defendant was a Roman…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
  2. State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
  3. State v. StevensonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
  4. State v. FauciSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2007
  5. State v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2003

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. State v. ANGEL T.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 2009
  2. Efstathiadis v. HolderCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2014
  3. State v. ManerConnecticut Appellate Court · 2014
  4. State v. Michael H.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 2009
  5. State v. TherrienConnecticut Appellate Court · 2009

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