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Criminal Law Supreme Court Opinion

by Townsend, Karen

 

SC20794 - State v. Haynes (“On appeal, the defendant makes three claims. First, the defendant asks us to overrule State v.Reid, 193 Conn. 646, 654–55 and n.11, 480 A.2d 463 (1984), which held that the Connecticut constitution permits the state to impeach a criminal defendant with a voluntary statement obtained in violation of Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S. Ct. 1602, 16 L. Ed. 2d 694 (1966). Second, the defendant claims that the trial court erred in admitting photographs taken of him during an interview that violated his right to counsel under Miranda. Third, the defendant claims that he was deprived of a fair trial when the prosecutor presented testimony from a witness who had been disclosed only three days prior to the start of evidence. We disagree with each of the defendant’s claims and affirm the judgment of conviction.”)