Legal Opinion
State v. Sanko
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided February 27, 2001No. AC 18787PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PETERS, J.
The principal issue in this appeal is whether, under the circumstances of this case, the trial court properly decided, without a jury trial, that the defendant was subject to an enhanced criminal penalty pursuant to General Statutes (Rev. to 1997) § 53a-40b.1 In the underlying criminal proceeding, the court accepted a jury verdict finding the defendant guilty of, inter alia, two counts of manslaughter in the second degree with a motor vehicle. At the time of the defendant’s criminal misconduct, he had been released on a written promise to appear pending his sentencing on an…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Almendarez-Torres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- Griffin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- State v. ChapmanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
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3Cited by24 opinions
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