Supreme Court of Connecticut, 1991

Copeland v. Warden

Copeland v. Warden
Supreme Court of Connecticut · Decided October 16, 1991
220 Conn. 926; 598 A.2d 365; 1991 Conn. LEXIS 474

Copeland v. Warden

Opinion of the Court

The petitioner David Copeland’s petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 26 Conn. App. 10, is granted, limited to the following issue:

“After a defendant has been found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect, does the trial court have the authority to impose a criminal sentence consecutive to the defendant’s psychiatric commitment?”

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