Legal Opinion
State v. Torres
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided October 4, 2016No. AC38571PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLavery, J.
The defendant, Julio Torres, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of murder in violation of General Statutes § 3a-54a. On appeal, the defendant claims (1) the court improperly admitted evidence of his prior misconduct, (2) the court provided an incorrect jury instruction regarding the standard of proof beyond a reasonable doubt, (3) the prosecutor engaged in impropriety during closing and rebuttal arguments, and (4) the court erred in failing to disclose the psychiatric records of a state's witness following the court's in camera inspection of the records. We…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- State v. KitchensSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2011
- State v. StorlazziSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
- State v. FergusonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2002
- State v. CollinsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2011
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3Cited by4 opinions
- State v. RichardsConnecticut Appellate Court · 2020
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- Torres v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2021