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State v. Howard

Citations

  • 221 Conn. 447
  • 604 A.2d 1294
  • 1992 Conn. LEXIS 88

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that defendant must show some “reasonable ground to believe” that failure to produce records might impair his ability to impeach a witness
  • upholding a district court’s decision, after inspecting psychiatric records, that nothing in the records remotely related to the witness’s ability to testify or perceive events
  • upholding a district court’s decision, after inspecting psychiatric records, that nothing in the records remotely related to the witness’s ability to testify or perceive events
  • defendant must show that “reasonable ground to believe” that failure to produce records would likely impair right to impeach witness
  • two and one-half month period reliable when witnesses had ample opportunity to view assailants and their prior physical descriptions matched
  • two and one-half month period reliable when witnesses had ample opportunity to view assailants and their prior physical descriptions matched

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Judges: Berdon, Shea

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