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State v. Damon

Citations

  • 214 Conn. 146
  • 570 A.2d 700
  • 1990 Conn. LEXIS 64

How courts have described this case

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  • autopsy report admissible as business record of objective facts and observations, regardless of pathologist’s availability, who was vacationing in India during the trial
  • “[T]he issuance of Miranda warnings as a cautionary measure does not mean that the defendant had been arrested.”
  • no indication that witness for whom continuance was sought would provide testimony favorable to defendant
  • finding of fact will not be overturned unless clearly erroneous
  • “substantially impaired the defendant’s ability to defend himself’
  • factor in determining whether defendant was in custody

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Judges: Covello

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