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STATE v. TAYLOR

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239 Conn. 481 (1996)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. DERRICK JAMES TAYLOR

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released December 31, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hope C. Seeley, with whom, on the brief, was Hubert J. Santos, for the appellant (defendant).

Christopher T. Godialis, deputy assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were James E. Thomas, state's attorney, and Herbert E. Carlson, Jr., senior assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

Callahan, C. J., and Berdon, Norcott, Katz and Palmer, JS.

NORCOTT, J.

The principal issue in this appeal is whether the trial court violated the defendant's federal and state constitutional rights to due process of law by delivering a missing witness instruction under Secondino v. New Haven Gas Co., 147 Conn. 672, 165 A.2d 598 (1960), because the defendant had failed to call an available witness. The defendant, Derrick James Taylor, was convicted after a jury trial of the...

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