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State v. Fernandez

Citations

  • 254 Conn. 637
  • 758 A.2d 842
  • 2000 Conn. LEXIS 294

How courts have described this case

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  • explaining that the pro se defendant must show that if he had been afforded access to a law library, he would have “proceeded differently or pursued an alternative defense strategy”
  • discussing textual similarities among sixth and fourteenth amendments to United States constitution and article first, § 8, of constitution of Connecticut
  • treating provisions of article first, § 8, and sixth amendment as “essentially coextensive”
  • declining to apply de novo review to highly fact based decision of trial court on counsel’s motion to withdraw
  • violation of mies of practice not ground for reversal when defendant was not deprived of his constitutional rights
  • violation of rules of practice not ground for reversal when defendant was not deprived of his constitutional rights

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Judges: Sullivan

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