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STATE v. PORTER

(SC 15363)

241 Conn. 57 (1997)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. CHRISTIAN E. PORTER

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released May 20, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Hatcher Norris, with whom, on the brief, were Joel M. Ellis, Peter W. Soulsby and Lee A. Gold, legal intern, for the appellant (defendant).

Kevin T. Kane, state's attorney, with whom, were Lisa Herskowitz, deputy assistant state's attorney, and, on the brief, William R. Jay, certified legal intern, for the appellee (state).

Callahan, C. J., and Borden, Berdon, Norcott, Katz, Palmer and McDonald, JS.

Opinion

BORDEN, J.

The issues in this certified appeal are: (1) whether Connecticut should adopt as the standard for the admissibility of scientific evidence the standard set forth by the United States Supreme Court in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579, 113 S.Ct. 2786, 125 L. Ed. 2d 469 (1993); and (2) whether Connecticut should abandon its traditional per se rule that polygraph...

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