Opinion
10-06-2020
STATE of Connecticut v. Nasir R. HARGETT
Jennifer Bourn, supervisory assistant public defender, in support of the petition. Robert J. Scheinblum, senior assistant state's attorney, in opposition.
Jennifer Bourn, supervisory assistant public defender, in support of the petition.
Robert J. Scheinblum, senior assistant state's attorney, in opposition.
The defendant's petition for certification to appeal from the Appellate Court, 196 Conn. App. 228, 229 A.3d 1047 (2020), is granted, limited to the following issues:
"1. Did the Appellate Court correctly conclude that the evidence was insufficient to entitle the defendant to a jury instruction on self-defense?
"2. Did the Appellate Court correctly conclude that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in excluding as irrelevant evidence that the victim was under the influence of phencyclidine (PCP) at the time of the murder and that a woman had informed a group of individuals, including the defendant, that the victim had just robbed her at knifepoint?
"3. Did the Appellate Court correctly conclude that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in declining to sanction the state for its late disclosure of the murder weapon and related materials?"