STATE v. ANGEL T.

No. 18121.

973 A.2d 1207 (2009)

292 Conn. 262

STATE of Connecticut v. ANGEL T.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided June 30, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy J. Sugrue, senior assistant state's attorney, with whom was Stephen J. Sedensky II, state's attorney, for the appellant (state).

Gary A. Mastronardi, Bridgeport, for the appellee (defendant).

ROGERS, C.J., and NORCOTT, PALMER, VERTEFEUILLE and ZARELLA, Js.


NORCOTT, J.

This certified appeal presents us with our first opportunity to determine whether a prosecutor commits impropriety by eliciting evidence of, and commenting during summations about, the fact that the defendant, Angel T., had obtained representation by an attorney during the police investigation of the crimes at issue. The state appeals, upon our grant of its petition for certification,1 from the judgment of the Appellate Court...

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