http://www.connecticutcriminallawyerblog.com/ Published by Nicholas Adamucci, LLC en-us 2009-10-15T08:39:47-05:00 http://www.connecticutcriminallawyerblog.com/2009/10/consistency_of_verdicts.html The general rule in Connecticut is that factual consistency in the verdict is not necessary. Each count in an indictment is regarded as if it were a seperate indictment. State v. Stevens, 178 Conn. 649, 653 (Conn. 1979). Where the... Nicholas Adamucci 2009-10-15T08:39:47-05:00 http://www.connecticutcriminallawyerblog.com/2009/06/termination_of_pretrial_probat_1.html General Statutes Sec. 54-56e, Accelerated Rehabilitation, establishes a discretionary pretrial diversionary program in certain criminal cases. It suspends criminal prosecution for a stated period of time subject to such conditions as the court shall order. If the defendant satisfactorily completes... Nicholas Adamucci 2009-06-29T13:31:31-05:00 http://www.connecticutcriminallawyerblog.com/2009/06/restraining_order_v_protective.html Generally, restraining orders are different than protective orders in that they are civil as opposed to criminal. In other words, normally one applies for a restraining order at the civil clerk's office. Thereafter, the civil court, upon sufficient evidence, then... Nicholas Adamucci 2009-06-11T08:55:05-05:00 http://www.connecticutcriminallawyerblog.com/2009/04/jail_credits_stop_once_sentenc.html All jail credit stops once a person begins serving a sentence. This rule applies except when: the person is re-imprisoned for a violation of special parole and held in lieu of bond on new charges and the accused will... Nicholas Adamucci 2009-04-13T19:40:58-05:00 http://www.connecticutcriminallawyerblog.com/2009/02/jail_credit_when_charged_with_1.html If you are in the scenario whereby you are charged and arrrested with a crime, bail is set, you post the bond and are then charged with a new crime, bail is set and you cannot post the new amount... Nicholas Adamucci 2009-02-10T12:45:44-05:00 http://www.connecticutcriminallawyerblog.com/2009/01/hartford_mayor_faces_bribe_cha.html HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Eddie Perez, a one-time gang leader who turned his life around to become Hartford's most powerful mayor, surrendered to police Tuesday to face a bribery charge for having a city contractor renovate his home and not... Nicholas Adamucci 2009-01-28T08:16:55-05:00 http://www.connecticutcriminallawyerblog.com/2009/01/a_homecoming_for_oconnor.html By DOUGLAS S. MALAN Connecticut Law Tribune Former Connecticut U.S. Attorney Kevin J. O’Connor kept his family in mind even as his career took him from his native Connecticut to government posts in Washington, D.C. For nearly two years, as... Nicholas Adamucci 2009-01-27T07:55:25-05:00 http://www.connecticutcriminallawyerblog.com/2008/12/police_stop_the_wrong_explorer.html A court granted Defendant's motion to suppress, because the police were pursuing a silver Explorer with a license plate of 187NNK, and Defendant was driving another Ford Explorer when the police stopped him. At 1 a.m. in January 2007, a... Nicholas Adamucci 2008-12-03T10:32:49-05:00 http://www.connecticutcriminallawyerblog.com/2008/10/alford_plea_v_nolo_contendere.html Is there a difference between an Alford Plea, a nolo contendere plea and a guilty plea. To begin, a plea of guilty is, in effect, "a conviction, the equivalent of a guilty verdict by a jury. In choosing to plead... Nicholas Adamucci 2008-10-29T15:45:27-05:00 http://www.connecticutcriminallawyerblog.com/2008/10/ar_proper_for_multiple_crimes.html Accelerated rehabilitation was properly granted to an individual accused of multiple crimes in connection with two seperate and unrelated incidents occurring approximatley one month apart. The state argued that the charges our of two unrelated incidents of shoplifting that occurred... Nicholas Adamucci 2008-10-07T16:10:30-05:00