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State v. Gary

Citations

  • 869 A.2d 1236
  • 273 Conn. 393
  • 2005 Conn. LEXIS 125

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  • mistrial is drastic and disfavored remedy that should not be granted if other curative action can obviate any prejudice suffered
  • intent may be inferred from ‘‘the events leading to and immediately following the death’’ [internal quotation marks omitted]
  • proper for jury to consider both use of gun and circumstances surrounding shooting to determine whether defendant discharged gun with intent to kill
  • defendant who, under chaotic circumstances, shot bystander rather than intended target possessed intent to kill
  • ‘‘it is a permissible, albeit not a neces- Page 28 CONNECTICUT LAW JOURNAL January 28, 2025 168 JANUARY, 2025 351 Conn. 143 State v. Ziolkowski sary or mandatory, inference that a defendant intended the natural consequences of his voluntary conduct’’ (internal quotation marks omitted)
  • ‘‘we conclude that the jury reasonably could have found that the evidence that [the victim] and the defendant had been involved in an altercation and that [the victim] had punched the defendant supported an infer- ence that the defendant had a motive to kill [the victim]’’

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Judges: Sullivan, Norcott, Katz, Palmer, Zarella

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