Supreme Court of Connecticut· 10/2/1984

State v. Couture

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194 Conn. 530
482 A.2d 300
1984 Conn. LEXIS 695

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probable cause existed to search defendant’s house for murder weapon where defendant was identified as perpetrator of armed robbery and murder, but was not aware he was suspected
“[i]f the characterization of the defendant consisted of an isolated remark we would conclude that the potential prejudicial impact on the jury could be obviated by a curative instruction”
prose- cutor’s statements that defendant and codefendant were ‘‘ ‘murderous fiends,’ ‘rats,’ ‘utterly merciless kill- ers’ and ‘inhumane, unfeeling and reprehensible crea- tures’ ’’ were stigmatizing, egregious and improper

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Judges: Healey, Parskey

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