Opinion
11-30-2015
STATE of Connecticut v. Laurence V. PARNOFF.
Mitchell S. Brody, senior assistant state's attorney, in support of the petition. Norman A. Pattis, New Haven, in opposition.
Mitchell S. Brody, senior assistant state's attorney, in support of the petition.
Norman A. Pattis, New Haven, in opposition.
Opinion
The petition by the state of Connecticut for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 160 Conn.App. 270, 125 A.3d 573 (2015), is granted, limited to the following issue:
“Did the Appellate Court correctly determine in its de novo review of the record, that there was insufficient evidence to support the defendant's conviction for disorderly conduct pursuant to General Statutes § 53a–182 (a)(1) because the state's proof of that offense's threat element did not satisfy the first amendment's ‘fighting words' doctrine?”