STATE v. ROBERT H.

(SC 19841).

214 A.3d 343 (2019)

333 Conn. 172

STATE of Connecticut, v. ROBERT H.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released September 10, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn W. Falk , assigned counsel, with whom, on the brief, was Robert M. Black , for the appellant (defendant).

Bruce R. Lockwood , senior assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Gail P. Hardy , state's attorney, John F. Fahey , senior assistant state's attorney, and Lisa Herskowitz , former senior assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

Palmer, McDonald, Robinson, D'Auria, Mullins, Kahn and Vertefeuille, Js.


The common-law corpus delicti rule "prohibits a prosecutor from proving the [fact of a transgression] based solely on a defendant's extrajudicial statements." (Internal quotation marks omitted.) State v. Leniart, 333 Conn. 88, 97, ___ A.3d ___ (2019). Following a jury trial, the defendant...

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