SKAKEL v. STATE

No. 18158.

991 A.2d 414 (2010)

295 Conn. 447

Michael C. SKAKEL v. STATE of Connecticut.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided April 20, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert J. Santos, with whom were Hope C. Seeley and Benjamin B. Adams, Hartford, for the appellant (petitioner).

Susann E. Gill, senior assistant state's attorney, with whom was Jonathan C. Benedict, former state's attorney, for the appellee (respondent).

KATZ, PALMER, VERTEFEUILLE, ZARELLA and McLACHLAN, Js.


KATZ, J.

Following his 2002 conviction, after a jury trial, for the 1975 murder of his fifteen year old neighbor, Martha Moxley (victim), the petitioner, Michael C. Skakel, appealed.1 In accordance with the three year limitations period under General Statutes § 52-582,2 in 2005, while a decision on that appeal was pending, the petitioner filed a petition for a new trial, pursuant to

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