Legal Opinion
State v. Alvarez
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 28, 2001No. SC 16406PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
VERTEFEUILLE, J.
The dispositive issue in this interlocutory appeal is whether the defendant’s prosecution for manslaughter in the first degree is barred by the federal constitutional prohibition against double jeopardy where he pleaded guilty to assault in the first degree and was convicted and sentenced on that charge, only later to be charged with manslaughter in the first degree after the victim of the assault died following the defendant’s conviction. The defendant appeals1 from the decision of the trial court denying his motion to dismiss the charge of manslaughter in the first…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Ashe v. SwensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Brown v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by23 opinions
- State v. HedgeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2010
- State v. O'NeilSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2002
- State v. Rodney J. Miles a/k/a Jamal D. Allen (077035) (Camden County and Statewide)Supreme Court of New Jersey · 2017
- State v. BurnellSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2009
- State v. DensonConnecticut Appellate Court · 2002
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