Legal Opinion

State v. Sinclair

Connecticut Appellate Court

Decided May 9, 2017No. AC38366PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLavine, J.

The defendant, Casey Sinclair, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of one count of possession of narcotics with intent to sell by a person who is not drug-dependent in violation of General Statutes § 21a-278 (b). The defendant claims that (1) the trial court abused its discretion by admitting into evidence testimonial hearsay in violation of his constitutional right to confrontation, (2) the prosecutor committed multiple acts of impropriety, and (3) the court abused its discretion in admitting into evidence inadmissible "guilt by association" evidence. We…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  2. State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
  3. State v. StevensonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
  4. State v. SinghSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2002
  5. State v. FauciSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2007

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. State v. SinclairSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2019
  2. State v. PughConnecticut Appellate Court · 2017
  3. State v. SinclairSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2017
  4. State v. SinclairSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2019
  5. State v. SinclairSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2019

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