Montgomery v. Blanchard

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• jury instruction using football field metaphor to explain reasonable doubt standard diluted constitutional standard of proof beyond reasonable doubt
• trial court’s charge on reasonable doubt standard must be clear and unequivocal
• no suppression remedy under Connecticut Constitution for secretly recorded statements
• instruction using a football field simile and telling jury “it . . . is up to you to decide” where reasonable doubt lies between fifty yard line, and one hundred yard line held to dilute constitutional standard of proof beyond a reasonable doubt
• jury instruction using a football field simile and instructing the jury that “it . . . is up to you to decide” where reasonable doubt lies between the fifty yard line and one hundred yard line diluted the constitutional standard of proof beyond a reasonable doubt

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