State v. Chapman
| Citation | 223 Conn. 923,614 A.2d 827 |
| Court | Connecticut Supreme Court |
| Decision Date | 17 September 1992 |
| Parties | STATE of Connecticut v. Donald CHAPMAN. |
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v.
Donald CHAPMAN.
[223 Conn. 924] Lawrence J. Tytla, Asst. State's Atty., in support of the petition.
Ira B. Grudberg and Thomas W. Ude, Jr., New Haven, in opposition.
[223 Conn. 923] The state of Connecticut's petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 28 Conn.App. 360, 610 A.2d 1328, is granted, limited to the following issues:
"1. Did the Appellate Court correctly conclude that the statutory alternative analysis set forth in State v. [223 Conn. 924] Williams, 202 Conn. 349, 363-64, 521 A.2d 150 (1987), applied to alternative language occurring within the same statutory subsection and that the trial court's instruction permitted the jury to consider a separate and distinct theory of criminal liability?
"2. Was the Appellate Court correct in its failure to consider whether any error in the trial court's charge was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt?"
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