Legal Opinion
State v. Altrui
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 17, 1982PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtParskey, J.
On July 21, 1979, the defendants, Charles DeMartin and Prank Altrui, were arrested in New Haven on a variety of criminal charges 1 stemming from an incident involving the attempted shooting of an individual on Main Street in East Haven. In a trial to the jury the defendants were convicted of all charges. In their appeal, the defendants claim: (1) that the court erred in permitting a key witness, Michael Solevo, to assert the privilege against self-incrimination; (2) that they were denied due process by the state’s alleged suppression of a tape recording of Solevo’s “recantation”; (3) that the…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Rakas v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- United States v. RossSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by61 opinions
- State v. WhelanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
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- State v. MorrillSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
- State v. AmarilloSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
- State v. JarzbekSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
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