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STATE v. PLOURDE

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208 Conn. 455 (1988)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. GALEN PLOURDE

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released August 2, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Douglas Nash, assistant public defender, with whom, on the brief, was Joette Katz, public defender, for the appellant (defendant).

Judith Rossi, deputy assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Timothy Liston, assistant state's attorney, and Jack W. Fischer, legal intern, for the appellee (state).

PETERS, C. J., HEALEY, SHEA, GLASS and HULL, JS.

PETERS, C. J.

The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the admission into evidence of the defendant's silence following his receipt of Miranda warnings violated his right to due process of law. A jury found the defendant, Galen Plourde, guilty of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a (a).1 He appeals from the judgment sentencing him to forty years imprisonment....

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