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State v. Toste

Citations

  • 198 Conn. 573
  • 504 A.2d 1036
  • 1986 Conn. LEXIS 715

How courts have described this case

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  • holding an accused with a sixth or seventh grade education who testified at suppression hearing that he had asked for a lawyer — although disbelieved by the trial court — indicated his familiarity with his rights
  • record on review of ruling on pretrial motion to suppress includes evidence adduced at trial
  • adult with sixth or seventh grade level of intelligence and fairly low IQ effectively waived his rights
  • admission of statements by suspect with low IQ, who functioned at sixth or seventh grade level
  • statement of defendant with IQ of 68-71, who was mildly retarded, schizophrenic, and of “dull normal” intelligence held admissible
  • § 54-82c provides “a statutory method by which an inmate of a Connecticut penal institution who has a detainer placed against him can request and receive an expedited disposition of pending charges”

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Judges: Santaniello

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Cites

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