Legal Opinion

State v. Snelgrove

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided September 16, 2008No. SC 17467PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

VERTEFEUILLE, J.

The defendant, Edwin Fales Snelgrove, Jr., appeals directly to this court pursuant to General Statutes § 51-199 (b) (3) 1 from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a. The defendant claims on appeal that the trial court improperly: (1) admitted evidence of his prior misconduct; and (2) excluded a third party confession. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The jury reasonably could have found the following facts. On the evening of September 21, 2001, between 7 and 8 p.m., the defendant arrived at…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. State v. DeJesusSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2008
  2. State v. SaucierSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2007
  3. State v. SchiappaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1999
  4. State v. GoldSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
  5. State v. PierreSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2006

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3Cited by30 opinions

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