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STATE v. WHITE

(13941), (13945)

229 Conn. 125 (1994)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. ROY WHITE STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. WINSTON WATKINS

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released March 16, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kent Drager, assistant public defender, for the appellant in each case (defendant).

Richard F. Jacobson, assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Donald A. Browne, state's attorney, and Gary Nicholson, assistant state's attorney, for the appellee in each case (state).

PETERS, C. J., BERDON, NORCOTT, KATZ and PALMER, JS.

KATZ, J.

The dispositive issue in each of these appeals is whether the state's suppression of exculpatory evidence so impaired the fairness of the proceedings against the defendants that the trial court was required to grant their motions for a new trial or to dismiss the charges against them. After a joint trial before a jury, the defendants, Roy White and Winston Watkins, were convicted of capital felony pursuant to General Statutes § 53a-54b (8),

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