Supreme Court of Connecticut
State v. Cooper
September 30, 2025353 Conn. 510
Summary
The court affirmed the defendant's murder conviction, holding that his first nineteen minutes of statements followed a knowing, intelligent, and voluntary waiver of Miranda rights under the totality of the circumstances. It declined to require suppression whenever a juvenile lacks a private opportunity to consult an interested adult, and it rejected the defendant's claims of prosecutorial impropriety. The court also held that any error in the consciousness of guilt instruction was harmless.