Supreme Court of Connecticut, 1998

State v. Rigual

Supreme Court of Connecticut · Decided October 22, 1998

247 Conn. 924; 719 A.2d 1171; 1998 Conn. LEXIS 407

Cases that cite this one

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State v. Rigual (Conn. 2001)

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Opinion of the Court

The defendant’s petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 49 Conn. App. 420 (AC 16019), is granted, limited to the following issue:

“Did the Appellate Court properly conclude that the trial court had not improperly denied the defendant’s request to provide a race-neutral explanation for its peremptory challenge of a venireperson of Portuguese descent?”

NORCOTT and KATZ, Js., did not participate in the consideration or decision of this petition.

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