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State v. Estrella

Citations

  • 893 A.2d 348
  • 277 Conn. 458
  • 2006 Conn. LEXIS 67

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  • holding that witness’ testimony at probable cause hearing was admissible at trial because witness no longer available to testify and because defendant had adequate opportunity to cross- examine him at probable cause hearing
  • reviewing defendant’s unpreserved claim regarding admission of probable cause hearing testimony because it implicated defendant’s right to confrontation but concluding that defendant could not prevail under Golding'
  • upholding conviction despite lack of body and any physical or forensic evidence of death
  • “[e]vidence is material when it is offered to prove a fact directly in issue or a fact probative of a matter in issue”
  • defendant raised due process claim under state constitution, complete with requisite Geisler analysis
  • defendant raised due process claim under state constitution, complete with requisite Geisler analysis

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Judges: Sullivan, Borden, Katz, Palmer, Zarella

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