Connecticut Criminal Lawyer Blog


Elaborates on criminal law cases in the news.

Author: Nicholas Adamucci is a solo practitioner based in Bridgeport, Conn.

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Recent Posts from Connecticut Criminal Lawyer Blog


  • Consistency of Verdicts

    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,…

  • Termination of Pre-Trial Probation

    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.…

  • Restraining Order v. Protective Order

    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…

  • Jail Credits Stop Once Sentences Begins

    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…

  • Jail Credit When Charged With a New Crime

    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…

  • Hartford Mayor Faces Bribe Charge

    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…

  • A Homecoming For O’Connor

    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.…

  • Police Stop the Wrong Explorer

    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…

  • Alford Plea v. Nolo Contendere Plea v. Guilty Plea

    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…

  • AR Proper for Multiple Crimes

    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…