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STATE v. ACQUIN

187 Conn. 647 (1982)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. LORNE J. ACQUIN

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released July 27, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Williams, special public defender, for the appellant (defendant).

Francis M. McDonald, state's attorney, with whom were Paul E. Murray, assistant state's attorney, Catherine J. Capuano, special assistant state's attorney, and, on the brief, Walter H. Scanlon, chief assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

SPEZIALE, C. J., PETERS, HEALEY, ARMENTANO and SHEA, JS.

SPEZIALE, C. J.

In the early morning hours of July 22, 1977, police and fire officials found nine bodies, eight of them children, inside the burned-out house of Fred Beaudoin, Sr. and Cheryl Beaudoin in Prospect. All of the victims had been beaten, some had been bound, and Cheryl Beaudoin had been stabbed. The defendant, Lorne Acquin, was indicted for the murders, and charged by information with first degree arson for the burning of the house. After a trial before...

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