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State v. Cook

Citations

  • 183 Conn. 520
  • 441 A.2d 41
  • 1981 Conn. LEXIS 502

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that Practice Book Section 593 requires arrest warrant to contain a judicial signature, not signature of court clerk, in order to constitute valid arrest warrant
  • arrest warrant signed by clerk rather than judge, as required by Practice Book, invalid; motion to dismiss required to be granted
  • arrest warrant signed by assistant clerk of the Superior Court fatally defective

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Judges: Bogdanski, Healey, Armentano, Wright, O'Donnell

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