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Criminal Law Appellate Court Opinions

by Townsend, Karen

 

AC46253 - State v. Overstreet (“On appeal, the defendant claims that (1) the trial court improperly denied his motion to suppress evidence seized from his vehicle, (2) § 29-38 violates his right to bear arms under the second amendment to the United States constitution, (3) § 29-38 is unconstitutionally vague as applied to him, in violation of his due process rights, and (4) § 29-38 is unconstitutionally overinclusive in violation of his due process rights. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.”)

AC46807 - State v. William G. (“On appeal, the defendant claims that the court improperly (1) instructed the jury not to consider that the victim delayed reporting the sexual assault in evaluating her credibility, and (2) denied his request to instruct the jury that, in evaluating evidence of uncharged misconduct offered by the state to prove the defendant’s propensity to commit the charged crimes, it must first determine whether the state proved that the defendant had engaged in such conduct by a preponderance of the evidence. We agree that the court’s delayed reporting instruction was improper and harmful, and, accordingly, we reverse the judgment of the court.”)

AC47242 - State v. Sharpley (“On appeal, the defendant claims that the court erred in denying his motion to dismiss because the state’s delay in the execution of the arrest warrant violated his due process rights under the Connecticut constitution and the United States constitution. We disagree and, accordingly, affirm the judgment of the trial court.”)