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   State Courts - Connecticut - January 23, 2007

  
State v. Lawson, (AC 25247), APPELLATE COURT OF CONNECTICUT, January 23, 2007, Officially Released
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Overview: Defendant's manslaughter with a motor vehicle, Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-56b(a), conviction was affirmed where the jury instruction indicated that his conduct could not be superseded by an intervening cause. The Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-224(a) conviction was affirmed as the use of the term "prevent" in the jury instruction was not prejudicial.

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State v. Michael A., (AC 25834), APPELLATE COURT OF CONNECTICUT, January 23, 2007, Officially Released
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Overview: A trial court erred in instructing the jury on the lesser included offense of sexual assault in the second degree, Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-71(a)(1) where the charging document did not allege the age of the victim and thus, defendant was deprived of the opportunity to mount a defense to the crime for which he was convicted.

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State v. Murphy, CR9688132, SUPERIOR COURT OF CONNECTICUT, JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF LITCHFIELD, AT LITCHFIELD, January 23, 2007, Filed
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Overview: Sentence imposed upon petitioner following revocation of his probation was neither inappropriate nor disproportionate and, thus, would not be modified pursuant to Conn. Gen. Prac. Book, R. Super. Ct. § 43-23 et seq., and Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-194 et seq.; petitioner could not abide by rules of probation and public had to be protected.

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State v. Pranckus, CR98162568, SUPERIOR COURT OF CONNECTICUT, JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF HARTFORD, AT HARTFORD, January 23, 2007, Filed
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Overview: Because the two stabbing deaths involved a senseless dispute over asking people to leave a home as the prisoner could have called the police, the two consecutive 20-year sentences for manslaughter in the first degree, were in accordance with Conn. Gen. Prac. Book, R. Super. Ct. § 43-23 et seq., and were neither inappropriate nor disproportionate.

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State v. Pysz, CR0451418, SUPERIOR COURT OF CONNECTICUT, JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF ANSONIA - MILFORD, AT MILFORD, January 23, 2007, Filed
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Overview: An inmate who pled nolo contendere and guilty, under Alford, to two counts of risk of injury to a minor, and was sentenced to 15 years' in prison, suspended after six years, was not entitled to a reduction in sentence because the sentence was appropriate, not disproportionate, and complied with Conn. Gen. Prac. Book, R. Super. Ct. § 43-23 et seq.

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State v. Rivera, CR01553494, CR02556303, CR01554698, SUPERIOR COURT OF CONNECTICUT, JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF HARTFORD, AT HARTFORD, January 23, 2007, Filed
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Overview: Twenty-four year and 90-day effective sentence was neither inappropriate nor disproportionate and was affirmed pursuant to Conn. Gen. Prac. Book, R. Super. Ct. § 43-23 et seq., and Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-194 et seq.; petitioner had a long criminal history, had not taken advantage of efforts to reform his behavior, and society needed protection.

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State v. Rodriguez, CR03568020, SUPERIOR COURT OF CONNECTICUT, JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF HARTFORD, AT HARTFORD, January 23, 2007, Filed
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Overview: Sentence imposed by trial court, upon State's recommendation, of 15 years in prison suspended after six years followed by five years of probation for petitioner's larceny in first degree conviction was not unreasonable and, thus, would not be modified under Conn. Gen. Prac. Book, R. Super. Ct. § 43-23 et seq. and Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-194 et seq.

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State v. Sells, CR00294084, SUPERIOR COURT OF CONNECTICUT, JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF WATERBURY, AT WATERBURY, January 23, 2007, Filed
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Overview: Twenty-year effective sentence imposed for petitioner's sexual assault and injury or risk of injury to a minor convictions was not unreasonable pursuant to Conn. Gen. Prac. Book, R. Super. Ct. § 43-23 et seq. and Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-194 et seq.; his criminal history and continued failure on probation led list of reason for lack of modification.

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State v. Washington, CR9157315, CR9157319, SUPERIOR COURT OF CONNECTICUT, JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF NEW LONDON, AT NEW LONDON, January 23, 2007, Filed
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Overview: Because a prisoner's unprovoked shooting could have killed the victim and his subsequent escape was a calculated move to avoid arrest on the underlying shooting, the consecutive sentence was in accordance with Conn. Gen. Prac. Book, R. Super. Ct. § 43-23 et seq., as the total 30-year sentence was neither inappropriate or disproportionate.

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Szeligowski v. Lowe's Co., CV065004607S, SUPERIOR COURT OF CONNECTICUT, JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF NEW HAVEN, AT NEW HAVEN, January 23, 2007, Decided , January 23, 2007, Filed
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Overview: Customer's complaint could not be amended under Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-72(a) to save it as process was not returned until after the two-month period, so return date could not be amended to comply with Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-48(b). Amending return date to comply with Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-46a would make return date further past two-month requirement.

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