State v. Watson

• Decision Date: 06 November 2019
• Citation: State v. Watson, 333 Conn. 941, 218 A.3d 1049(Mem) (Conn. 2019)
• Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
• Parties: STATE of Connecticut v. James Henry WATSON

333 Conn. 941

218 A.3d 1049 (Mem)

STATE of Connecticut

v.James Henry WATSON

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided November 6, 2019

Alice Osedach, assistant public defender, in support of the petition.

Timothy F. Costello, assistant state's attorney, in opposition.

The defendant's petition for certification to appeal from the Appellate Court, 192 Conn. App. 353, 217 A.3d 1052 (2019), is granted, limited to the following issue:

‘‘Should this court overrule State v. Morales, 164 Conn. App. 143, 136 A.3d 278, cert. denied, 321 Conn. 916, 136 A.3d 1275 (2016), in which the Appellate Court held that a trial court's postverdict determination of whether the crimes of strangulation, unlawful restraint, and assault occurred ‘upon the same incident’ under General Statutes § 53a-64bb (b) does not violate a criminal defendant's constitutional right to a jury trial?"

MULLINS, J., did not participate in the...