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STATE v. HUNT

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11 Conn. App. 390 (1987)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. ALVIN L. HUNT

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Decision released June 30, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Schipul, assistant public defender, with whom, on the brief, was William Holden, public defender, for the appellant (defendant).

Richard F. Jacobson, assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Donald A. Browne, state's attorney, and John Smriga, assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

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

PER CURIAM.

The sole issue of this case is whether the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury that an adverse inference could be drawn from the state's failure to produce five witnesses. The failure of a party to produce a witness who is available and who would naturally be produced, permits an inference that the evidence which that witness would have given would be unfavorable to that party. State v. Miles, 195 Conn. 552...

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