Legal Opinion
State v. Crespo
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided September 1, 1998No. SC 15453PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CALLAHAN, C. J.
The defendant, Jose Crespo, appeals from a conviction of murder following a trial *667by a three judge panel.1 The conviction arose out of the May 24, 1994 strangulation death of the victim, Melanie Rieger. We affirm the defendant’s conviction.
The panel reasonably could have found the following facts. The defendant and the victim had been involved in a relationship for three years, beginning when the victim was sixteen years old and the defendant was twenty-three years old. Throughout the course of their relationship, the defendant and the victim regularly had engaged in…
2Cases cited56 opinions
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- Holloway v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Burger v. KempSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by80 opinions
- State v. CobbSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1999
- People v. BerroaNew York Court of Appeals · 2002
- State v. HodgeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1999
- State v. VegaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2002
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2000
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