Legal Opinion
State v. Matos
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided May 6, 1997No. 15433PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CALLAHAN, C. J.
The primary issue in this appeal is whether the defendant, Jaime Matos, was deprived of his rights to due process and equal protection of the law when he was prevented by General Statutes (Rev. to 1991) § 54-76b1 from applying for treatment as a youthful offender because he was charged with, although not convicted of, the class A felony of murder. Additionally, we are asked to determine whether the *745trial court abused its discretion by excluding evidence of the victim’s gang connections. We conclude that the defendant’s due process and equal protection rights were not…
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