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STATE v. HORTON

(3347)

8 Conn. App. 376 (1986)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. GLADYS HORTON

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Decision released August 5, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis S. Avitabile, for the appellant (defendant).

David Shepack, deputy assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were John M. Bailey, state's attorney, Susan C. Marks, assistant state's attorney, and Thomas Miano, former assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

DUPONT, C. J., HULL and SPALLONE, JS.

HULL, J.

This case involves the issue of whether the defendant "opened the door" to extrinsic evidence of prior larcenous misconduct when she denied, on direct examination, that she had ever taken anything from anyone's home other than on one previous occasion. After a jury trial, the defendant was convicted of larceny in the first degree, a violation of General Statutes § 53a-122 (a) (2), based on her wrongful taking on October 5, 1982, of over $10,000 worth...

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