Legal Opinion

State v. Robinson

Connecticut Appellate Court

Decided June 29, 1995No. 11350PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDupont, C. J.

The defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of two counts of the crime of assault in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-60. He claims that he was denied a right to a fair trial by the trial court’s words and conduct, and that the state’s use of two peremptory challenges violated his right to equal protection under the law as explicated in Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S. Ct. 1712, 90 L. Ed. 2d 69 (1986). We conclude that the defendant was given a fair trial but remand this matter for a hearing as to the exercise of one of the…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Hernandez v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  3. Purkett v. ElemSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  4. State v. CoutureSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
  5. State v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. State v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
  2. Oliphant v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2003
  3. Daddio v. O'BaraConnecticut Appellate Court · 2006
  4. State v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
  5. Burton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998

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