STATE v. HELMEDACH

No. 18744.

48 A.3d 664 (2012)

306 Conn. 61

STATE of Connecticut v. Jennifer HELMEDACH.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided August 14, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lauren Weisfeld , senior assistant public defender, for the appellant (defendant).

Robert J. Scheinblum , senior assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Michael Dearington , state's attorney, and Gary Nicholson , senior assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

Hope C. Seeley , Hartford, filed a brief for the National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women as amicus curiae.

ROGERS, C.J., and NORCOTT, PALMER, ZARELLA, McLACHLAN, EVELEIGH and HARPER, Js.


ROGERS, C.J.

The issue in this certified appeal is whether the trial court properly instructed the jury on the statutory exception to the duress defense set forth in General Statutes § 53a-14, when the state claimed that the defendant had "intentionally or recklessly place[d] [herself] in a situation in which it is probable that [she] will be subjected to duress" by voluntarily resuming her relationship with an abusive...

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