State v. Fabricatore

Sep 12, 2005
SC 17492
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The defendant’s petition for certification for appeal ‍​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‍from the Appellate Court, 89 Conn. App. 729 (AC 23521), is granted, limited to the ‍​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‍following issue:

*903 The Supreme Court docket number is SC 17492. Decided September 12, 2005 Todd A. Bussert, special ‍​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‍public defender, in support of the petition. Robert J. Scheinblum, senior assistant state’s attorney, in ‍​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‍opposition.

“Did the Appellate Court properly conclude that the trial court’s improper instruction on ‍​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‍the duty to retreat constituted harmless error?”