STATE v. WEST

No. 16627.

877 A.2d 787 (2005)

274 Conn. 605

STATE of Connecticut v. Chasity WEST.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided July 26, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hope C. Seeley, with whom, on the brief, were Hubert J. Santos, Sandra L. Snaden, Hartford and Patrick S. Bristol, Groton, for the appellant (defendant).

Leon F. Dalbec, Jr., senior assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were James E. Thomas, state's attorney, Sandra Tullius, senior assistant state's attorney, and Rosita M. Creamer, former senior assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

NORCOTT, KATZ, PALMER, VERTEFEUILLE and ZARELLA, Js.


Opinion

PALMER, J.

In the early morning hours of July 9, 1998, seven year old Jarrell Cuyler and his two year old sister, Lindsey Cuyler, were asleep in their home on Lovell Avenue in Windsor, where they resided with their mother, Tammi Cuyler, when they were viciously attacked by a masked intruder. Although seriously injured, Lindsey survived her wounds; tragically, Jarrell did not. A week later, the defendant, Chasity West, who is Tammi Cuyler's...

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