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Criminal Law Supreme Court Opinion

by Zigadto, Janet

 

SC20799 - State v. Myers ("A jury found that the defendant, Cornel Myers, murdered his former girlfriend (victim) after she attempted to end their romantic relationship. On appeal from the judgment of conviction of murder in violation of General Statutes ยง 53a-54a (a), the defendant claims that the trial court improperly (1) excluded certain third-party culpability evidence pertaining to the victim's neighbor, and (2) denied his motion for a mistrial when the prosecutor's questioning of a witness improperly shifted the burden of proof to the defendant. We disagree and affirm the judgment of conviction.")