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COPELAND v. WARDEN

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225 Conn. 46 (1993)

DAVID COPELAND v. WARDEN, STATE PRISON

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released March 16, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Wenc, for the appellant (petitioner).

James M. Ralls, assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (respondent).

CALLAHAN, BORDEN, BERDON, KATZ and MENT, JS.

BORDEN, J.

The issue in this appeal is whether, after a defendant has been found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect for an earlier offense and has been committed for psychiatric treatment, the trial court has the authority to stay the execution of a criminal sentence, imposed for a subsequent offense, until the defendant's psychiatric commitment has ended. The petitioner, David Copeland, appeals, upon a grant of certification,1

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