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Connecticut Supreme Court Overrules Aquino, Holding Appeal Not Moot Where Defendant Deported During Pendency but Unclear Whether Appealed Conviction Sole Basis for Deportation

Article • February 15, 2022 • from CLN March, 2022

Filed under: Mootness, Appeals/Appellate Jurisdiction, Deportation/Removal/Exclusion

Connecticut Supreme Court Overrules Aquino, Holding Appeal Not Moot Where Defendant Deported During Pendency but Unclear Whether Appealed Conviction Sole Basis for Deportation by Douglas Ankney Holds Model Jury Instruction 2.6-14 Failed to Correctly Inform Jury on Investigative Inadequacy by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Connecticut held that Model …

News in Brief

Article • January 15, 2022 • from CLN February, 2022

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Arizona: The family of a homeless and mentally ill man who died after being restrained by Phoenix cops in 2017 will get $5 million from the city, after a 7-2 city council vote in favor of the payment on November 17, 2021, according to a report …

Second Circuit Declares Police Firearms Examiners Subject to Brady, Examiner Who Failed to Disclose Exculpatory Ballistics Report Not Entitled to Qualified Immunity

Article • December 15, 2021 • from CLN January, 2022

Filed under: Opinions and Expert Testimony, Immunity - Absolute and Qualified, Evidence - Failure to Disclose

Second Circuit Declares Police Firearms Examiners Subject to Brady, Examiner Who Failed to Disclose Exculpatory Ballistics Report Not Entitled to Qualified Immunity by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the decision of the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut …

Connecticut Supreme Court: Use of Jailhouse Informant Violated Sixth Amendment Right to Counsel

Article • July 15, 2021 • from CLN August, 2021

Connecticut Supreme Court: Use of Jailhouse Informant Violated Sixth Amendment Right to Counsel by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Connecticut ruled that under Massiah v. United States, 377 U.S. 201 (1964), and its progeny, a jailhouse informant can be an agent of the State—even in the …

CT Substitute Senate Bill No. 753, an Act Concerning the Counting of Incarcerated Individuals for Determining Voting Districts 2021

Publication • 2021

Filed under: Incarcerated Felons

CT Substitute Senate Bill No. 753, an Act Concerning the Counting of Incarcerated Individuals for Determining Voting Districts 2021 Substitute Senate Bill No. 753 Public Act No. 21-13 AN ACT CONCERNING THE COUNTING OF CERTAIN INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING STATE LEGISLATIVE AND MUNICIPAL VOTING DISTRICTS. Be it enacted …

Birch v. Town of New Milford, CT, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2021

Brief • April 16, 2021

Filed under: Wrongful Conviction

Birch v. Town of New Milford, CT, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2021 Case 3:20-cv-01790-VAB Document 54 Filed 04/16/21 Page 1 of 57 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT RALPH BIRCH, Plaintiff, No. 3:20-CV-1790 (VAB) v. TOWN OF NEW MILFORD; ANDREW OCIF; SCOTT O’MARA; JOHN MUCHERINO; STEVEN JORDAN; JOSEPH QUARTIERO; MICHAEL …

News in Brief

Article • May 15, 2020 • from CLN June, 2020

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Arizona: Tucson has a new ordinance topunish those who fail to stay outside designated crime scene perimeters, the Tucson Star reports. The law aims to halt “cop haters” with cameras, but the potential fallout is a stifling of First Amendment rights. While people should not provoke …

Connecticut Supreme Court Clarifies Standard of Review for Confrontation Clause Claims; Reverses and Remands for a New Trial

Article • March 18, 2020 • from CLN April, 2020

Filed under: Trials

Connecticut Supreme Court Clarifies Standard of Review for Confrontation Clause Claims; Reverses and Remands for a New Trial by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Connecticut clarified the standard of review for claimed violations of the Sixth Amendment’s Confrontation Clause and reversed the judgment of the Appellate …

Connecticut Supreme Court: When Expert’s Testimony Asserts Truth of DNA Profile Prepared by a Different Non-Testifying Expert, Confrontation Clause Is Violated

Article • October 16, 2019 • from CLN November, 2019

Filed under: DNA Testing/Samples

Connecticut Supreme Court: When Expert’s Testimony Asserts Truth of DNA Profile Prepared by a Different Non-Testifying Expert, Confrontation Clause Is Violated by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Connecticut ruled that when an expert witness testifies to the truthfulness and accuracy of a DNA profile prepared by …

Groundbreaking Connecticut Law Tracks Information on Jailhouse Snitches

Article • October 16, 2019 • from CLN November, 2019

Filed under: Jail Specific

Groundbreaking Connecticut Law Tracks Information on Jailhouse Snitches by In Michael Connelly’s legal thriller The Lincoln Lawyer, the defense attorney uncovers the dishonest history of a jailhouse snitch. In real life, safeguards against false testimony from jailhouse witnesses are few. In Connecticut, there is progress. A new law makes each …

Connecticut Supreme Court Rules 5 Days Past Due on Rent While Incarcerated Does Not Deprive Defendant of Expectation of Privacy in Home

Article • October 16, 2019 • from CLN November, 2019

Filed under: Searches, Police Searches

Connecticut Supreme Court Rules 5 Days Past Due on Rent While Incarcerated Does Not Deprive Defendant of Expectation of Privacy in Home by Anthony Accurso by Anthony Accurso  The Supreme Court of Connecticut held that the lower court erred in denying defendant’s search of his apartment where the police failed …

Connecticut - banned books list (2019)

Publication • 2019

Filed under: Publications/Books, Banned Book Lists, Censorship

Connecticut - banned books list (2019) CONNECTICUT DOC DISAPPROVED PUBLICATIONS LIST - JUNE 2019 Id 1 1 4 Publication Name Maxim Maxim XXL Issue Text - Original Oct 2015 Sept 2015 JuneJuly 2014 4 XXL 9 9 Publication Author Publication Type Magazine/Newspaper Magazine/Newspaper Magazine/Newspaper Review Date 2015/09/15 2015/08/18 2014/05/20 Review …

Connecticut police officer decertifications

Publication • 2019

Filed under: Police Misconduct

Connecticut police officer decertifications LIST OF DECERTIFIED OFFICERS BY POLICE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING COUNCIL AND PREDECESSOR MUNICIPAL POLICE TRAINING COUNCIL IN THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT Revised 3/10/2017 NAME ABELING, Paul H. ANCONA, Michael A. BEERS, Justin R. BOURQUE, David L. BREVETTI, Francis P. BRYANT, III, Charles M. CAMACHO, Julio …

Connecticut Supreme Court Rejects Davis and Announces State Constitution Requires Police to Clarify Ambiguous Request for Counsel Before Continuing Interrogation

Article • May 15, 2019 • from CLN June, 2019

Filed under: Police, Constitution, state

Connecticut Supreme Court Rejects Davis and Announces State Constitution Requires Police to Clarify Ambiguous Request for Counsel Before Continuing Interrogation by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Connecticut held that the state constitution requires police to clarify an ambiguous request for counsel before continuing to interrogate a …

$25,000 Settlement Over Connecticut False Arrest and Malicious Prosecution Claims

Article • April 22, 2019

Filed under: Malicious Prosecution, Police, False Arrest, Fourth Amendment, rights, Fourteenth Amendment, rights

$25,000 Settlement Over Connecticut False Arrest and Malicious Prosecution Claims by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The City of Norwalk, Connecticut, paid $25,000 to settle false arrest and malicious prosecution claims against a Norwalk Police Department (NPD) detective. On October 3, 2013, Robert Ragsdale complained to the NPD that he …

$160,000 Paid by Norwalk, Connecticut, to Settle Police Beating of COPD Patient

Article • April 19, 2019

Filed under: Medical, Malicious Prosecution, Police Searches, Attorney Fee Awards, Police, False Arrest, Excessive Force (Police)

$160,000 Paid by Norwalk, Connecticut, to Settle Police Beating of COPD Patient by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The City of Norwalk, Connecticut, paid $160,000 to settle false arrest and excessive force claims against several Norwalk Police Department (“NPD”) officers. At about 5:40 a.m., on September 8, 2011, William Irwin …

Connecticut Supreme Court Announces Defense Counsel Has Duty to ‘Promptly’ Notify Defendant of Plea Offer, Failure to Notify Before Testifying Constitutes IAC

Article • March 16, 2019 • from CLN April, 2019

Filed under: Prosecutors

Connecticut Supreme Court Announces Defense Counsel Has Duty to ‘Promptly’ Notify Defendant of Plea Offer, Failure to Notify Before Testifying Constitutes IAC by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Supreme Court of Connecticut held that a criminal defense attorney was ineffective for waiting to convey to his client a plea-bargain …

Federal Judge Signals That Defense Counsel Will Be Permitted To Argue Jury Nullification in Questionable Child Porn Prosecution

Article • January 18, 2019 • from CLN February, 2019

Federal Judge Signals That Defense Counsel Will Be Permitted To Argue Jury Nullification in Questionable Child Porn Prosecution by Chad Marks by Chad Marks Yehudi Manzano, a man in his 30s, was charged with producing and transporting child pornography. Manzano allegedly recorded a sexual encounter with his teenage sex partner. …

Connecticut DOC - Securus commissions Jun 2016-May 2018

Kickback publication • January 10, 2019

Filed under: Telephones

Connecticut DOC - Securus commissions Jun 2016-May 2018 T-NETIX, Inc., a subsidiary of SECURUS TECHNOLOGIES Call Commission Report - June, 2016 RUN DATE: 7/22/2016 9:35:25 AM Process Date: 7/28/2016 10:23:29 AM Contract ID: I-003215 Prepaid Collect Orig. ANI CT Facility Local Revenue Local Mins. Local Calls Intralata Revenue Intra lata …

Connecticut DOC - Securus commissions Jun 2014-May 2016

Kickback publication • January 10, 2019

Filed under: Telephones

Connecticut DOC - Securus commissions Jun 2014-May 2016 T-NETIX, Inc., a subsidiary of SECURUS TECHNOLOGIES Call Commission Report - June, 2014 RUN DATE: 7/23/2014 3:46:03 PM Process Date: 7/28/2014 10:51:22 AM Contract ID: I-003215 LEC Billed Collect Orig. ANI CT Facility Local Revenue Local Mins. Local Calls Intralata Revenue Intra …