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STATE v. HOPE

(13720)

215 Conn. 570 (1990)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. JAMES Y. HOPE

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released July 10, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert J. Santos, for the appellant (defendant).

C. Robert Satti, Sr., state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

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

GLASS, J.

The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the state is barred by the double jeopardy clause from prosecuting the defendant for aiding and abetting murder after the defendant had been acquitted of conspiracy to commit capital felony murder and the lesser included offense of conspiracy to commit murder. Because an understanding of the facts of this case is necessary to examine its procedural history, we shall...

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