Legal Opinion

State v. Damon

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided March 6, 1990No. 13672PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Covello, J,

The defendant, Kenneth Damon, appeals from his conviction of murder in violation of General *147Statutes § 53a-54a (a).1 The dispositive issues are: (1) whether the trial court erred in denying the defendant’s motion to suppress inculpatory statements made by the defendant to the police; and (2) whether the trial court violated the defendant’s constitutional rights of confrontation, compulsory process and due process when it admitted an autopsy report into evidence, under the business record exception to the hearsay rule. We find no error.

The jury could reasonably have found the…

2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Florida v. RoyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. United States v. MendenhallSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  5. Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980

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3Cited by42 opinions

  1. State v. OquendoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
  2. State v. GreenfieldSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
  3. State v. JamesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
  4. State v. TrineSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
  5. State v. RasmussenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993

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