Supreme Court of Connecticut· 10/17/2000

State v. Robertson

Citations

254 Conn. 739
760 A.2d 82
2000 Conn. LEXIS 306

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“Although the [audio]tapes were prejudicial, all incriminating evidence is prejudicial. The question, rather, is whether the prejudice was unfair.”
“Although the tapes were prejudicial, all incriminating evidence is prejudicial. The question, rather, is whether the prejudice was unfair.”
“[i]n the absence of an independent state constitutional analysis, we limit our review to the defendant’s federal constitutional claim”
to act intentionally as required for murder conviction, defendant must have had conscious objective to cause victim's death
“[a court’s] attempts to facilitate a witness’ understanding of a question are not improper . . . [and fulfill] its function of ensuring that the witness answered the state’s question” [citation omitted]
evidence was sufficient to link defendant to threats against witness because defendant stated in recorded conversation that ‘‘someone ‘need[s]’ to talk to [the witness who was threatened] ‘some more’ ’’

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Judges: McDonald

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