State v. Santiago

• Decision Date: 04 October 1990
• Citation: 216 Conn. 820,581 A.2d 1057
• Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
• Parties: STATE of Connecticut v. John SANTIAGO.

Page 1057

581 A.2d 1057

216 Conn. 820

STATE of Connecticut v. John SANTIAGO.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided Oct. 4, 1990.

Denise Bevza, Sp. Public Defender, in support of the petition.

Jack W. Fischer, Deputy Asst. State's Atty., in opposition.

The defendant's petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 22 Conn.App. 683, 578 A.2d 668, is granted, limited to the following issue:

"May the defendant belatedly raise the constitutionality of General Statutes § 53a-167b? Is the statute constitutional?"