State v. Durkin

Jan 17, 1991
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The state of Connecticut’s petition ‍‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‍for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 23 Conn. App. ‍‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‍642, is granted, limited to the following issue:

“Did the Appellate ‍‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‍Court correctly conclude that the trial court abused its ‍‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‍discretion when it found that the defendant was voluntarily absent ‍‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‍from his probation revocation hearing?”