Legal Opinion
State v. Sewell
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided June 6, 2006No. AC 26287PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DiPENTIMA, J.
In this appeal following a jury trial, the defendant, Steven Sewell, challenges the denial of two motions for a mistrial, claiming that the state’s failure to disclose two witnesses in accordance with our rules of practice deprived him of a fair trial. We disagree and affirm the judgment of the trial court.
The jury reasonably could have found the following facts. On December 23,2001, the victim, Timothy Sweat, was in the apartment he shared with his mother and brother in New Haven. The victim sold beer, cigarettes, soda and chips from his apartment to patrons he knew. At…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- United States v. AugenblickSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Campbell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 97,167 United States of America v. Benjamin Lieberman, United States of America v. Jack H. ShapiroCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980
- State v. MyersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
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3Cited by9 opinions
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