State v. Butler

Opinion

The defendant appealed from the judgment of conviction of murder as an accessory in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-8 (a) and 53a-54a (a) and conspiracy to commit murder in violation of General *829Statutes §§ 53a~48 (a) and 53a-54a (a).1 On appeal to the Appellate Court, the defendant claimed, inter alia, that the trial court, in violation of his due process right to a fair trial under the federal constitution, improperly had: (1) denied his motions for a mistrial that were based on alleged egregious prosecutorial misconduct; and (2) adopted a curative instruction that was…