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SKAKEL v. STATE

(SC 18158).

MICHAEL C. SKAKEL, v. STATE OF CONNECTICUT.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released April 20, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert J. Santos, with whom were Hope C. Seeley and Benjamin B. Adams, for the appellant (petitioner).

Susann E. Gill, senior assistant state's attorney, with whom was Jonathan C. Benedict, former state's attorney, for the appellee (respondent).

Katz, Palmer, Vertefeuille, Zarella and McLachlan, Js.

Opinion

KATZ, J.

Following his 2002 conviction, after a jury trial, for the 1975 murder of his fifteen year old neighbor, Martha Moxley (victim), the petitioner, Michael C. Skakel, appealed.1 In accordance with the three year limitations period under General Statutes § 52-582,2 in 2005, while a decision on that appeal was pending, the petitioner filed a petition for a new trial, pursuant...

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