Connecticut Appellate Court· 5/23/1989

State v. Ross

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18 Conn. App. 423
558 A.2d 1015
1989 Conn. App. LEXIS 155

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holding that trial court improperly restricted defendant’s right to present clos- ing argument by precluding his argument that failure of witness who ‘‘was the sole eyewitness to the shoot- ing’’ to testify created reasonable doubt in state’s case
third party had been involved in similar fight one week earlier and had argument with victim moments before shooting
defendant entitled to new trial where trial court prohibited defense counsel from commenting on fact that state's sole eyewitness did not testify at trial
party entitled to comment on weakness of opposing party’s case by bringing to jury’s attention failure to call witnesses to support its own factual theories with witnesses
defendant’s right to present closing argument was vio- lated when trial court prevented defense counsel from commenting that state’s sole eyewitness did not testify at trial
prosecutor’s comment on absence of witnesses constituted fair argument on weakness of defendant’s case

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