Legal Opinion
State v. Copas
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided March 14, 2000No. SC 15759PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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PALMER, J.
A jury found the defendant, David L. Copas, guilty of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a (a).1 The trial court rendered judgment, in accordance with the jury verdict and sentenced the defendant to a prison term of sixty years. On appeal,2 the defendant claims that the trial court improperly: (1) permitted the state to elicit a certain statement during its examination of two expert psychiatric witnesses; (2) denied the defendant’s motions for a mistrial and a new trial based on allegedly improper comments that the prosecutor had made during her closing…
2Cases cited46 opinions
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- State v. AshermanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
- Copas v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
- State v. SivriSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- State v. PrioleauSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
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3Cited by80 opinions
- State v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2003
- State v. StevensonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
- State v. SinghSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2002
- State v. FauciSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2007
- State v. KellySupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
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