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State v. Williams

Citations

  • 204 Conn. 523
  • 529 A.2d 653
  • 1987 Conn. LEXIS 939

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  • setting forth multifactor test for determining prejudice caused by prosecutorial impropriety after reviewing various factors that have been dispositive in prior cases
  • setting forth multifactor test for determining prejudice caused by prosecutorial impropriety after reviewing various factors that have been dispositive in prior cases
  • “[i]t is improper for the prosecutor to encourage the jury to identify with the victim”
  • ‘‘[s]tatements as to facts which have not been proven amount to unsworn testimony that is not the subject of proper closing argument’’
  • record supported claim of serious prosecutorial misconduct where alleged improper conduct involved cross-examination of the defendant’s principal witness, his wife
  • ‘‘[a] prosecutor, in fulfilling his duties, must confine himself to the evidence in the record’’

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Judges: Borden

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