Legal Opinion
State v. Laccone
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided February 21, 1995No. 12667PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLandau, J.
The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-59 (a) (3),1 and risk of injury to a child in violation of General Statutes § 53-21.2 The defendant claims *23that the trial court improperly (1) excluded a letter written by a state’s witness and thereby restricted cross-examination of that witness on an issue directly related to her truthfulness, (2) unduly restricted the defendant’s direct examination of a defense witness, and (3) diluted the state’s burden of proof in its instructions to…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- Douglas v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Alford v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- State v. EvansSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1973
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3Cited by7 opinions
- State v. RodriguezConnecticut Appellate Court · 1997
- State v. PruttingConnecticut Appellate Court · 1996
- State v. AkandeConnecticut Appellate Court · 2008
- State v. McKnightConnecticut Appellate Court · 1998
- State v. LacconeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
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