Opinion
2012-11-27
STATE of Connecticut v. Terrell Williams POND.
Leonard C. Boyle, deputy chief state's attorney, in support of the petition. Timothy H. Everett, assigned counsel, Kevin Munn, certified legal intern, and Bryce Petrucelli, certified legal intern, in opposition.
Leonard C. Boyle, deputy chief state's attorney, in support of the petition. Timothy H. Everett, assigned counsel, Kevin Munn, certified legal intern, and Bryce Petrucelli, certified legal intern, in opposition.
The petition by the state of Connecticut for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 138 Conn.App. 228, 50 A.3d 950, is granted, limited to the following issue:
“Did the Appellate Court properly determine that in order to convict a defendant of conspiracy to commit robbery in the second degree in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a–48(a) and 53a–135(a)(2), the state must prove that the defendant conspirator had the specific intent that there would be a display or threat of the use of what was represented to be a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument, even if that specific intent is not required for proof of the underlying crime of robbery in the second degree?”