Opinion
(SC 16117)
Argued January 20, 2000
Officially released February 29, 2000
Amended information charging the defendant with the crime of criminal trespass in the first degree, brought to the Superior Court in the judicial district of Hartford-New Britain, geographical area number thirteen, and tried to the jury before Ward, J.; verdict and judgment of guilty, from which the defendant appealed to the Appellate Court, Foti, Sullivan and Spallone, Js., which affirmed the trial court's judgment, and the plaintiff, on the granting of certification, appealed to this court. Appeal dismissed.
John R. Williams, with whom, on the brief, was Norman A. Pattis, for the appellant (defendant).
Harry Weller, senior assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were James E. Thomas, state's attorney, and Christopher Parakilas, assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (state).
Opinion
After examining the record on appeal and considering the briefs and oral arguments of the parties, we have determined that the appeal in this case should be dismissed on the ground that certification was granted improvidently.
We granted the defendant's petition for certification to appeal from the judgment of the Appellate Court; State v. Vlasak, 52 Conn. App. 310, 726 A.2d 648 (1999); limited to the following issue: "Whether the Appellate Court properly held that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in prohibiting the pro se defendant from testifying about a lawsuit filed against him by a pivotal witness for the state?" State v. Vlasak, 249 Conn. 912, 733 A.2d 232 (1999).