Opinion
G. Douglas Nash, public defender, in support of the petition.
Frederick W. Fawcett, assistant state's attorney, in opposition.
Decided October 22, 1998
The defendant's petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 49 Conn. App. 420 (AC 16019), is granted, limited to the following issue:
"Did the Appellate Court properly conclude that the trial court had not improperly denied the defendant's request to provide a race-neutral explanation for its peremptory challenge of a venireperson of Portuguese descent?"
NORCOTT and KATZ, Js., did not participate in the consideration or decision of this petition.
The Supreme Court docket number is SC 16026.