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STATE v. RIVERA

(SC 15917)

250 Conn. 188 (1999)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. MATTHEW RIVERA

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released August 17, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carolyn K. Longstreth, senior assistant state's attorney, with whom were James E. Thomas, state's attorney, and, on the brief, Dennis O'Connor, senior assistant state's attorney, for the appellant (state).

Michael A. Georgetti, with whom, on the brief, was Janis C. Jerman, for the appellee (defendant).

Callahan, C. J., and Borden, Berdon, Katz, Palmer, McDonald and Peters, Js.

Opinion

PALMER, J.

In this criminal case, the state appeals, with the permission of the trial court, from that court's judgment dismissing the information, which followed the court's ruling prohibiting the state from introducing, in its case-in-chief, the testimony of the defendant, Matthew Rivera, during his appearance before an investigatory grand jury. Because we conclude that the trial court improperly precluded the state from introducing the...

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