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State v. Cavallo

Citations

  • 200 Conn. 664
  • 513 A.2d 646
  • 1986 Conn. LEXIS 900

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  • finding that the defendant offered witness a \possible pecuniary reward\ in exchange for false testimony
  • relying on specific intent to save witness tampering statute from vagueness challenge
  • statute disallowing tampering with witness not unconstitutionally vague because it requires specific intent to cause witness to testify falsely or to refrain from testifying at all
  • statute disallowing tampering with witness not unconstitutionally vague because it requires specific intent to cause witness to testify falsely or to refrain from testifying at all
  • penal statute aimed at conduct that induces a certain result implicates “a communicative form of conduct” and may therefore be examined for its facial validity
  • statute disallowing tampering with witness not unconstitutionally vague because it requires specific intent to cause witness to testify falsely or to refrain from testifying at all

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Judges: Peters

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