Case Name: State of Connecticut v. Carl J. Scotignello; State of Connecticut v. Paul F. LeClair; State of Connecticut v. William N. Rhodes; State of Connecticut v. David P. Daviau
Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1967-02-08
Citations: 154 Conn. 741
Docket Number: 
Parties: State of Connecticut v. Carl J. Scotignello State of Connecticut v. Paul F. LeClair State of Connecticut v. William N. Rhodes State of Connecticut v. David P. Daviau
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 154
Pages: 741–741

Head Matter:
State of Connecticut v. Carl J. Scotignello State of Connecticut v. Paul F. LeClair State of Connecticut v. William N. Rhodes State of Connecticut v. David P. Daviau
John B. Sullivan, state’s attorney, for the appellee (plaintiff).
Basil T. Tsakonas, for the appellants (defendants).
Argued February 7
decided February 8, 1967

Opinion:
The state's attorney and counsel for each defendant in the above-entitled cases, tried jointly, having requested and stipulated that this court find reversible error because of the charge by the trial court on the failure of an accused to testify, and in view of the decision of this court in State v. Vars, 154 Conn. 255, 272, 224 A.2d 744, it is ordered that, in the appeal from the Superior Court in Windham County, the judgment as to each of the defendants be, and hereby is, set aside and, as to each defendant, a new trial is ordered.