Court Opinion

ID: 9713514
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 05:16:39.61899+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:08:13.522481
License: Public Domain

DONIELSON, Judge
(dissenting).
I respectfully dissent.
The stipulation entered prior to the deposition of James E. Warren specifically stated “that any and all of said deposition may be used in the above titled cause.” The stipulation at issue here is a very common prelude to the taking of a deposition and was agreed to by defendant’s attorney when the deposition was taken. In light of this stipulation, the State was only required to show the witness was unavailable; the State was not required to make a good faith effort to obtain the presence of the witness at trial. At the time of trial Mr. Warren was in Stanford, Connecticut. I would give the State the benefit of the stipulation and affirm the trial court.
CARTER, J., joins this dissent.