Legal Opinion

Demers v. State

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided September 13, 1988No. 13336PublishedCited by 69 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCallahan, J.

The state has filed the instant appeal from a judgment of the trial court granting the petition of Mark Demers and William J. Corcoran, Jr., for a new trial pursuant to General Statutes § 52-2701 and Practice Book § 902.2 In a joint trial, Demers and Corcoran previously had been convicted of sexual assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-70 (a), robbery in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-135 (a), and unlawful restraint in the first degree in violation of General Stat*145utes § 53a-95 (a).3 In ruling on the petition, the trial court found that…

2Cases cited67 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976

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3Cited by69 opinions

  1. State v. HammondSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
  2. State v. FloydSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2000
  3. State v. ChanceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
  4. State v. WhiteSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
  5. State v. RinaldiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991

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