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State v. King

Citations

  • 187 Conn. 292
  • 445 A.2d 901
  • 1982 Conn. LEXIS 525

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  • concluding that rule of practice permissibly expanded circumstances in which joinder could be proper because it regulates court procedure and does not infringe on any substantive right
  • “obvious example of possible prejudice” in the consolidation of cases is that “jury will use the evidence of one crime to convict the defendant of the other [crime]”
  • reports of toxicological tests admissible although witnesses performing tests did not testify and no narcotics were left after testing; court noted defen dant could have subpoenaed chemists if she had any doubts about the tests' reliability
  • evidence offered for charges of burglary in the third degree and larceny in the third degree in one information and of possession of heroin and cocaine in a separate information are “simple, separable and straightforward”

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Judges: Speziale, Peters, Healey, Parskey, Armentano

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