State v. St. Louis

Opinion

LAV1NE, J.

The defendant, Chadwick St. Louis, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after atrial before a three judge court, of one count of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a. On appeal, the defendant claims that the court improperly denied his motions (1) for a hearing pursuant to Franks v. Delaware, 438 U.S. 154, 98 S. Ct. 2674, 57 L. Ed. 2d 667 (1978), because the police, either knowingly and intentionally or with reckless disregard for the truth, made a false statement and omitted exculpatoiy information in their affidavits in support of their…