Supreme Court of Connecticut· 12/28/2004

State v. Colon

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272 Conn. 106
864 A.2d 666
2004 Conn. LEXIS 527

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holding that court did not abuse discretion in concluding that anonymous letter to newspaper editor did not establish good faith basis for cross-examining witness regarding his alleged prior misconduct
noting that the rule allowing allocution and the death penalty sentencing statutes were both silent regarding a defendant's right to allocution before the death penalty jury and relying on the legislature's specificity for the procedures in the capital sentencing scheme
rejecting a capital defendant’s claim that the denial of allocution before a death penalty jury violated equal protection
examining common-law right of allocution to determine extent of right of allocution provided by Practice Book provision
examining common-law right of allocution to determine extent of right of allocution provided by Practice Book § 43-10 [3]
rejecting claim that state constitution provides for right of allocution at capital sentencing hearing

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Judges: Borden, Norcott, Zarella

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