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STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. KATHLEEN PAMELA LAVIGNE (SC 18675)
Rogers, C. J., and Norcott, Palmer, Zarella, Eveleigh and Vertefeuille, Js. Argued September 25--officially released December 25, 2012

Martin Zeldis, public defender, for the appellant (defendant). Melissa L. Streeto, senior assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Matthew C. Gedansky, state's attorney, and Brenda Hans, assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

Opinion

ROGERS, C. J. This appeal raises the question of whether a party who is named as a joint holder of a bank account necessarily is a joint owner of the funds deposited in that account and, therefore, may not be criminally prosecuted for the wrongful withdrawal of those funds. The defendant, Kathleen Pamela Lavigne, appeals1 from the judgment of the Appellate Court upholding her conviction, after a jury trial, of larceny in the second degree by embezzlement from a person who is sixty years of age or older in violation of General Statutes

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