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   State Courts - Connecticut - February 25, 2003

  
State v. Matthews, CR020116251S, SUPERIOR COURT OF CONNECTICUT, JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF DANBURY, AT DANBURY, February 25, 2003, Decided , February 25, 2003, Filed
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Overview: Defendant was precluded from the use of the accelerated rehabilitation program after an eligibility check found that defendant had a conviction in New York for disorderly conduct, a violation which carried a possible penalty of 15 days imprisonment.

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State v. Sanchez, (AC 22979), APPELLATE COURT OF CONNECTICUT, February 25, 2003, Officially Released
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Overview: As crack and powder cocaine were two distinct narcotics and defendant was charged with violating two different statutes, each of which required proof of a fact that the other did not, there was no double jeopardy violation.

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State v. Taylor, CR95470326, SUPERIOR COURT OF CONNECTICUT, JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF HARTFORD, AT HARTFORD, February 25, 2003, Filed
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Overview: Effective sentence 60 years in prison for murder and criminal possession of a firearm was not inappropriate nor disproportionate where petitioner shot unarmed victim at close range, as his conduct involved senseless crime resulting in victim's death.

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State v. Torres, CR9165234, CR9273049 n11 In CR 92-73049 Petitioner was convicted by a jury of Carrying a Pistol Without a Permit (subject statute provides for a 5-year maximum sentence). Petitioner was sentenced to 5 years consecutive for a net effective sentence of 90 years., SUPERIOR COURT OF CONNECTICUT, JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF FAIRFIELD, AT BRIDGEPORT, February 25, 2003, Filed
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Overview: Defendant's sentences, which included imposition of the maximum term for three of the four crimes charged, were found to be appropriate and not disproportionate, given the circumstances of killing an eight-year old and his prior criminal history.

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State v. Vu, CR9378144, SUPERIOR COURT OF CONNECTICUT, JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF HARTFORD, AT HARTFORD, February 25, 2003, Filed
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State v. Willette, CR9832667, SUPERIOR COURT OF CONNECTICUT, JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF ANSONIA - MILFORD, AT MILFORD, February 25, 2003, Filed
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Overview: The 20-year sentence imposed on defendant's conviction of manslaughter in the first degree was affirmed, because the sentence imposed was neither inappropriate nor disproportionate, in light of the facts of the case.

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State v. Wragg, CR98143224, SUPERIOR COURT OF CONNECTICUT, JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF FAIRFIELD, GEOGRAPHICAL AREA 2 AT BRIDGEPORT, February 25, 2003, Filed
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Overview: Defendant's sentence on convictions of burglary, larceny, and other crimes was upheld on review; the sentence was not inappropriate or disproportionate, and the reviewing court could not compare defendant's sentence with that of an accomplice.

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Statewide Griev. Comm. v. Palmieri, CV020472045S, SUPERIOR COURT OF CONNECTICUT, JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF NEW HAVEN, AT NEW HAVEN, February 25, 2003, Filed
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Overview: Although a federal court had suspended an attorney for two years for conflict of interest violations, in the absence of written findings by that court, a Connecticut court imposed a shorter suspension and other sanctions as reciprocal discipline.

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Stokes v. Lyddy, (AC 22309), APPELLATE COURT OF CONNECTICUT, February 25, 2003, Officially Released
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Overview: The landlords were not liable as they owed no duty to the victim, bitten by a tenant's dog while walking on a public sidewalk. The landlords were not owners, keepers, or harborers of the dog.

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Sweeney v. Sweeney, (AC 23373), APPELLATE COURT OF CONNECTICUT, February 25, 2003, Officially Released
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Overview: Husband's appeal was dismissed, as a temporary order that the parties' child be enrolled in a parochial school was not immediately appealable as a final order. The appellate court refused to preclude appeals from all temporary legal custody orders.

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