State v. Chapman

• Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
• Citation: State v. Chapman, 614 A.2d 827, 223 Conn. 923 (Conn. 1992)
• Decision Date: 17 September 1992
• Parties: STATE of Connecticut v. Donald CHAPMAN.

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614 A.2d 827

223 Conn. 923

STATE of Connecticut v. Donald CHAPMAN.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided Sept. 17, 1992.

Lawrence J. Tytla, Asst. State's Atty., in support of the petition.

Ira B. Grudberg and Thomas W. Ude, Jr., New Haven, in opposition.

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. 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...