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State v. Baldwin

Citations

  • 224 Conn. 347
  • 618 A.2d 513
  • 1993 Conn. LEXIS 2

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  • noting that prejudicial effect of evidence is reduced when similar evidence already had been placed before jury
  • evidence that defendant had sold drugs in the past is relevant to nature of his possession of drugs at time of charged crime
  • claim that sentence is too severe is virtually unreviewable if sen- tence falls within statutory limits
  • testimony that defendant previously sold narcotics relevant to show defendant's intent in charged incident
  • fact that other misconduct evi- dence ‘‘was remarkably similar both in kind and loca- tion’’ to evidence of charged crime made other mis- conduct evidence ‘‘that much more probative’’
  • “evidence that the defendant had been a seller of narcotics in the past is relevant to ‘the nature of his possession of the drug at the time of the alleged offense’ ” of possession with intent to sell

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