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STATE v. SHEPPARD

182 Conn. 412 (1980)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. LEON SHEPPARD

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released December 2, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce A. Sturman, assistant public defender, with whom, on the brief, was Jerrold H. Barnett, public defender, for the appellant (defendant).

Ernest J. Diette, Jr., assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Walter D. Flanagan, state's attorney, and Brian Cotter, assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

BOGDANSKI, PETERS, HEALEY, PARSKEY and O'CONNELL, JS.

PETERS, J.

The defendant Leon Sheppard was convicted, after a trial to a jury, of sexual assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-70. The sole issue on this appeal is whether the trial court, Moraghan, J., denied the defendant his constitutional rights to a public and fair trial by excluding the general public from the trial during the testimony of the complaining witnesses.

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