IN RE GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION BY JUDGE JOHN M. ALEXANDER

(13188)

207 Conn. 98 (1988)

IN RE GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION BY JUDGE JOHN M. ALEXANDER

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released April 12, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dominic J. Squatrito, with whom, on the brief, were Nancy Jeanne Johnson and Barry D. Guliano, for the appellant (petitioner Journal Publishing Company, Inc.).

Paul F. Thomas, with whom, on the brief, was Jacob D. Zeldes, for the appellee (intervenor Neil Ellis).

A. Susan Peck, with whom, on the brief, was Hubert J. Santos, for the appellee (intervenor Leonard Seader).

John M. Massameno, assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were John J. Kelly, state's attorney, and Roseanne Wagner, deputy assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

PETERS, C. J., HEALEY, GLASS, COVELLO and HULL, JS.


PETERS, C. J.

The sole issue in this case is whether, despite intervening legislative changes in grand jury procedures, the statute that was in effect at the time when an investigatory grand jury was authorized governs a subsequent request for disclosure of the grand jury's report. The petitioner, the Journal Publishing Company, Inc., filed a motion for the public disclosure of the grand jury report, associated transcripts and evidentiary documentation that had been...

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