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STATE v. SKAKEL

No. 16844.

888 A.2d 985 (2006)

276 Conn. 633

STATE of Connecticut v. Michael SKAKEL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided January 24, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Susann E. Gill, senior assistant state's attorney, with whom were Christopher L. Morano, chief state's attorney, and Jonathan C. Benedict, state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

SULLIVAN, C.J., and KATZ, PALMER, VERTEFEUILLE and ZARELLA, Js.

Opinion

PALMER, J.

On October 31, 1975, fifteen year old Martha Moxley was found bludgeoned to death in a wooded area on the grounds near her family home in Greenwich. No one was charged in connection with her murder until twenty-five years later, when the defendant, Michael Skakel, a fifteen year old neighbor of the victim at the time of her death, was arrested and charged with the crime. The case initially...

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