Opinion
01-16-2019
STATE of Connecticut v. MARK T.
Robert L. O'Brien, assigned counsel, in support of the petition. Rita M. Shair, senior assistant state's attorney, in opposition.
The defendant's petition for certification to appeal from the Appellate Court, 186 Conn.App. 285, 199 A.3d 35 (2018), is granted, limited to the following issue:
"Did the Appellate Court properly reject the defendant's claim that he is entitled to a new trial due to the trial court's rulings, in violation of his constitutional right to present the defense of parental justification, precluding certain testimony by the self-represented defendant and a key state's witness pertaining to that defense?"