Opinion
12-07-2021
STATE of Connecticut v. John A. MASSARO
Lisa J. Steele, assigned counsel, in support of the petition. Nancy L. Chupak, senior assistant state's attorney, in opposition.
Lisa J. Steele, assigned counsel, in support of the petition.
Nancy L. Chupak, senior assistant state's attorney, in opposition.
The defendant's petition for certification to appeal from the Appellate Court, 205 Conn. App. 687, 258 A.3d 735 (AC 43323), is granted, limited to the following issues:
"1. Did the Appellate Court correctly conclude that any sanction the trial court improperly imposed on counsel for violating discovery rules was harmless?
"2. Even if, as the Appellate Court assumed, the trial court's rulings on the state's cross-examination of the defendant's investigator improperly permitted the prosecutor to convert him into an expert witness regarding the narcotics trade after the parties had agreed not to present expert testimony on that topic, did the Appellate Court correctly conclude that any such error was harmless?"