Opinion
06-04-2024
Miguel VEGA v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION
Robert L. O’Brien, assigned counsel, Hartford, in support of the petition. Denise B. Smoker, senior assistant state’s attorney, in opposition.
Robert L. O’Brien, assigned counsel, Hartford, in support of the petition.
Denise B. Smoker, senior assistant state’s attorney, in opposition.
The petitioner Miguel Vega’s petition for certification to appeal from the Appellate Court, 224 Conn. App. 652, 312 A.3d 1142 (AC 46077), is granted, limited to the following issues:
"1. Did the Appellate Court correctly conclude that, pursuant to Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S. Ct. 1194, 10 L. Ed. 2d 215 (1963), and its progeny, a prosecutor has no responsibility, in the absence of actual knowledge, to check files in unrelated cases for exculpatory or impeachment material related to a trial witness?
"2. If the answer to the first question is ‘no,’ what is the scope of the prosecutor’s responsibility?"