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Argued February 15, 1994.
Decision released July 26, 1994.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Kent Drager, assistant public defender, and Michael A. Fitzpatrick, with whom were G. Douglas Nash and M. Fred DeCaprio, public defenders, and Peter Scillieri and Elizabeth Inkster, assistant public defenders, for the appellant (defendant).
Harry Weller, assistant state's attorney, with whom were C. Robert Satti, Sr., state's attorney, Jack W. Fischer, Judith Rossi and Susan C. Marks, assistant state's attorneys, and Mary Thurston, law student intern, for the appellee (state).
James W. Bergenn, Gregory T. D'Auria and David N. Rosen filed a brief for the Connecticut Citizens for Humanizing Criminal Justice et al. as amici curiae.
Helena M. Cook, Christopher Keith Hall, Alice M. Miller, Jane Rocamora, David Weissbrodt, William M. Bloss, Julius Oosthuizen and Catherine A. DeFlorio filed a brief for Amnesty International et al. as amici curiae.
David M. Cohen and Martha Stone filed a brief for the Connecticut Civil Liberties Union Foundation as amicus curiae.
Kathryn Emmett and Deborah Fins filed a brief for the American Friends Service Committee et al. as amici curiae.
Jacob D. Zeldes, Jennifer L. Forrence, Tanina Rostain, Jonathan M. Levine and Loftus E. Becker, Jr., filed a brief for Ezra E. H. Griffith et al. as amici curiae.
PETERS, C. J., CALLAHAN, BERDON, DUPONT and E. O'CONNELL, JS.
Supreme Court of Connecticut.
PETERS, C. J.
These consolidated criminal appeals from the imposition of the death penalty upon the defendant, Michael B. Ross, raise numerous issues concerning the validity of his capital felony convictions and the validity of the procedures that resulted in death sentences for each of these convictions.1 After a trial to determine guilt, a jury convicted the defendant of six counts of capital...
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