Supreme Court of Connecticut· 10/17/2000

State v. Montgomery

Citations

254 Conn. 694
759 A.2d 995
2000 Conn. LEXIS 305

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holding trial court violated defendant’s due process rights by improperly failing to instruct jury on elements of § 53-202k, although failure was harmless error
explaining that some Doyle violations are so insignificant as to be deemed harmless error while others are more significant
rejecting constitutional challenge to instruction that reasonable doubt is “real doubt,” “honest doubt,” or one for which jury could “conscientiously give a reason” and not one based on “mere possibility of innocence” or “suggested by the ingenuity of counsel”
admission of evidence concerning defendant’s silence was harmless error despite violation of due process rights
evidence admitted pursuant to Doyle exception is inadmissible for purposes of impeachment or proving affirmative guilt
\[t]he state bears the burden of demonstrating that the constitutional error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt\ [internal quotation marks omitted]

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Judges: Palmer

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