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State v. Castonguay

Citations

  • 194 Conn. 416
  • 481 A.2d 56
  • 1984 Conn. LEXIS 687

How courts have described this case

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  • discussing permissible scope of evidentiary hearing on harmless error in light of prohibition against probing into jurors' mental processes
  • remanding for evidentiary hearing on whether jurors discussed evidence prior to deliberating
  • erroneous for court expressly to instruct jurors that they may discuss case among themselves prior to submission to them
  • if predeliberation discussion is presumed to have occurred, then \it is entirely reasonable to presume prejudice unless the state can disprove it\
  • prima facie showing of fair cross section violation successfully established through use of voter registration lists demonstrating proportions of Hispanic persons eligible to serve relative to Hispanic persons residing in relevant community
  • analysis of whether grand jury contained fair cross section of community

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Judges: Parskey

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