Opinion
(13003)
Argued January 14, 1987
Judgment released January 27, 1987
Information charging the defendant with two counts of the crime of sale of cocaine and with two counts of the crime of sale of marijuana, brought to the Superior Court in the judicial district of Litchfield, where the court, Pickett, J., in response to a motion filed by the defendant, ordered the suppression of certain evidentiary information obtained by an investigatory grand jury; that court subsequently granted the state's motion to dismiss with prejudice the information against the defendant, and the state, on the granting of permission by the trial court, appealed. Error; further proceedings.
John M. Massameno, assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were John J. Kelly, chief state's attorney, and Domenick Galluzzo, assistant state's attorney, for the appellant (state).
Barbara Aaron, with whom, on the brief, were Albert J. McGrail and Patrick Tomasiewicz, for the appellee (defendant).
The issue in this appeal is whether the 1985 reform of the procedures governing investigatory grand juries terminated the authority of grand juries that had been duly constituted before the effective date of Public Acts 1985, No. 85-611. Because the continuing validity of a number of pre-1985 grand juries is affected by our resolution of this issue, this is an unusual case demanding expedited resolution. Accordingly, we announce herewith our decision that Public Acts 1985, No. 85-611, as clarified by Public Acts 1986, No. 86-317, did not revoke the authority of or alter the procedures governing investigatory grand juries that had been properly authorized before October 1, 1985. A full opinion will be filed in due course.