Opinion
03-27-2019
STATE of Connecticut v. Elvin G. RIVERA
Alice Osedach, assistant public defender, in support of the petition. James M. Ralls, assistant state's attorney, in opposition.
The defendant's petition for certification to appeal from the Appellate Court, 187 Conn.App. 813, 204 A.3d 4, is granted, limited to the following issue:
"Did the Appellate Court correctly conclude that the trial court properly precluded the defendant from cross-examining the state's key witness about the specific facts underlying that witness' prior misdemeanor convictions?"
McDONALD, J., did not participate in the consideration of or decision on this petition.