Supreme Court of Connecticut· 12/31/1996

State v. Taylor

Citations

239 Conn. 481
687 A.2d 489
1996 Conn. LEXIS 484

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holding that words, “ ‘a doubt which has its foundation in the evidence or lack of evidence’ ” did not unconstitutionally dilute burden of proof
\there exists no constitutional mandate that gives the defendant the right to a photographic array of look-alikes\
identification not unnecessarily suggestive where defendant’s photograph one of two that was glossier, brighter than others in array
“ ‘it would trivialize the constitution to transmute a nonconstitutional claim into a constitutional claim simply because of the label placed on it by a party’ ”
“it would trivialize the constitution to transmute a nonconstitutional claim into a constitutional claim simply because of the label placed on it by a party” [internal quotation marks omitted]
\it would trivialize the constitution to transmute a nonconstitutional claim into a constitutional claim simply because of the label placed on it by a party\ [internal quotation marks omitted]

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Judges: Berdon, Norcott

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