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STATE v. SPEARS

(12908)

36 Conn. App. 106 (1994)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. LAKE SPEARS

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Decision released September 20, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. Haviland, for the appellant (defendant).

C. Robert Satti, Sr., state's attorney, with whom was Sarah E. Steere, certified legal intern, for the appellee (state).

LANDAU, SPEAR and CRETELLA, JS.

LANDAU, J.

The principal issue in this appeal is whether the state of Connecticut has acquired criminal jurisdiction over the Mashantucket Pequot Indian reservation in Ledyard. The defendant, Lake Spears, was charged by a substitute information1 with committing various crimes while on the Mashantucket Pequot reservation. The defendant moved to dismiss the charges, claiming that the court lacked subject matter jurisdiction because the charged...

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