State v. Lake Spears

• Decision Date: 03 November 1994
• Citation: 231 Conn. 936,650 A.2d 173
• Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
• Parties: STATE of Connecticut v. LAKE SPEARS.

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650 A.2d 173

231 Conn. 936

STATE of Connecticut v. LAKE SPEARS.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided Nov. 3, 1994.

C. Robert Satti, Sr., State's Atty., in support of the petition.

Richard D. Haviland, New London, in opposition.

The state of Connecticut's petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 36 Conn.App. 106, 647 A.2d 1054 (AC 12908), is granted, limited to the following issue:

"Under the circumstances of this case, did the Appellate Court properly conclude that the state of Connecticut does not have jurisdiction over crimes allegedly committed by the defendant on the Mashantucket Pequot Indian Reservation in Ledyard?"