Case: State v. Bell (AC 29893) February 2009
Court: Connecticut Appellate Court
Trial Court: New Haven
Synopsis: Allowing evidence that an Amber Alert was issued for the defendant was error because fears over the child’s safety were not relevant to proving the defendant’s guilt and because the evidence could have unduly aroused the juror’s emotions, hostility or sympathy. The error was harmless, however, in light of all the other evidence of the defendant’s guilt.
Case Link: http://www.jud.ct.gov/external/supapp/Cases/AROap/AP113/113AP184.pdf
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