Opinion
10-04-2016
State of Connecticut v. George Michael Leniart
Lauren Weisfeld, chief of legal services, in support of the petition. Stephen M. Carney, senior assistant state's attorney, in opposition.
Lauren Weisfeld, chief of legal services, in support of the petition.
Stephen M. Carney, senior assistant state's attorney, in opposition.
The defendant's petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 166 Conn. App. 142, 140 A.3d 1026 (2016), is granted, limited to the following issue:
“Did the Appellate Court properly apply the corpus delicti rule in concluding that there was sufficient evidence to sustain the defendant's convictions for murder and capital felony?”