A Steady Habit of Crime

The Life and Limb of Frank Palko

In the third episode of A Steady Habit of Crime, Chris and Krystle tell the story of Frank Palko and explain the legal concepts of double jeopardy and incorporation.  Frank Palko shot and killed a police officer in Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1935. He went to trial, was convicted of Second Degree Murder and sentenced to life in prison. Then the State appealed, won and prosecuted Frank again. He was convicted of First Degree Murder and sentenced to death. How was the State able to do that? What did the Supreme Court have to say about it? Frank Palko's judicial journey wound through two trials and three appeals, from the land of steady habits to the highest court in the land. A Steady Habit of Crime is a true-crime podcast focused on Connecticut cases. It is a presentation of Law 203, Connecticut's Legal Information Network. For more media, visit Law203.com [https://law203.com]. Chris DeMatteo is a trial attorney based in West Haven, CT. Visit his website conncriminaldefense.com [https://conncriminaldefense.com]. Krystle is also an attorney. She and Chris are married and live in southern Connecticut.

Arrested on Stage in the Town of New Haven

On December 9, 1967, the rock band the Doors took the stage at the Arena in New Haven, Connecticut. Doors lead singer Jim Morrison, a rock and roll legend, was taken off the stage by the police and placed under arrest, becoming the first rocker in history to be arrested during a show. Join Chris and Krystle to find out more about this great moment in rock history from the land of steady habits.

Mad Dog and Meatball - Connecticut's Mad Dog Killings - Steady Habits Episode 1

Joseph "Mad Dog" Taborsky and Arthur "Meatball" Culombe terrorized Connecticut with a wave of robberies and murders in 1956 and 1957. Taborsky had previously been convicted of a murder in 1951 and was sentenced to death but had his conviction reversed by Connecticut's Supreme Court of Errors. Following the series of murders with Culombe, he was sentenced to death yet again and in 1960, became the last person executed in the electric hair in Connecticut (the next and last person executed in Connecticut was Michael Bruce Ross, by lethal injection in 2005).,  Join Chris and Krystle for their first episode of Steady Habits as they take you from the streets of Hartford to the Uited States Supreme Court with robberies, reversals and murders in between.  Join Chris and Krystle for their first episode of Steady Habits as they take you from the streets of Hartford to the United States Supreme Court with robberies, reversals and murders in between.  Chris is a trial attorney [https://conncriminaldefense.com/] based in West Haven, Connecticut. Krystle is an attorney in New York and does not try cases. They are married to each other and live in southern Connecticut.  Sources Brian W. Wice, “The Mad Dog Killers: Culombe v. Connecticut, 25 Years Later,” June 1986 issue of Voice of the Defense, the Journal of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. Colin Poitras, Obituary of Gerald Demeusy, Hartford Courant, April 1, 2007. Dich Ahles, “One Law and the Violent History Behind It,” NY Times, Aug. 6, 2003. Lynne Tuohy, “When Mad Dog Was Put to Death,” Hartford Courant, Jan. 2, 2005. State v. Taborsky, 139 Conn. 475 (1953) Taborsky v. State, 142 Conn. 619 (1955) State v. Taborsky, 147 Conn. 194 (1960). Culombe v. Connecticut, 367 U.S. 568 (1961).