Legal Opinion
State v. Avis
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided December 6, 1988No. 13156PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
The principal issue in this appeal is the admissibility of the defendant’s written statement, which he claims was procured in violation of the rules of professional conduct, and was involuntary and unreliable. The present proceedings result from a retrial ordered by this court in State v. Avis, 198 Conn. 644, 504 A.2d 1364 (1986) (Avis I). The defendant, James Avis, had been found guilty of felony murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54c1 after a joint trial *292with a codefendant, Daniel Vinal, Jr. In Avis I we found reversible error in the trial court’s failure to grant the defendants’…
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