STATE v. PARADISE

(13279)

213 Conn. 388 (1990)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. WILMER PARADISE, JR.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released January 2, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Zeldis, assistant public defender, with whom were Carmine Giuliano and, on the brief, G. Douglas Nash, public defender, for the appellant (defendant).

Susann E. Gill, assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were John M. Bailey, state's attorney, and John Malone, assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

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


GLASS, J.

This case marks the third time that the state's proceedings against Wilmer Paradise, in relation to the 1974 murder of Jay Cunningham, have resulted in an appeal before this court. As this court noted in the second appeal, State v. Ellis, 197 Conn. 436, 438-39, 497 A.2d 974 (1985), in May, 1974, the body of seventeen year old Jay Cunningham was found in a wooded area of Enfield. The chief medical examiner...

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