Legal Opinion
State v. Smith
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided February 10, 2009No. AC 28280PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
FREEDMAN, J.
The defendant, Michael G. Smith, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of manslaughter in the first degree with a firearm in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-55 (a) (1) and 53a-55a. On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court improperly admitted into evidence the prior sworn testimony of a witness from the defendant’s previous trial. We disagree and, accordingly, affirm the judgment of the trial court.
The jury reasonably could have found the following facts. On November 8, 2001, the victim, Eric Dames, went to the Sports Bar in…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- State v. CobbSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1999
- State v. KirbySupreme Court of Connecticut · 2006
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3Cited by3 opinions
- State v. LebrickSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2020
- State of Connecticut v. SmithSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2009
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