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STATE v. RIGUAL

(SC 16026)

256 Conn. 1 (2001)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. ANTONIO RIGUAL

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released May 8, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Douglas Nash, public defender, for the appellant (defendant).

Frederick W. Fawcett, supervisory assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Jonathan Benedict, state's attorney, C. Robert Satti, Jr., senior assistant state's attorney, and Daniel Borowy, student intern, for the appellee (state).

Karen L. Dowd, Kenneth J. Bartschi and Ronald A. Gonzalez filed a brief for the Connecticut Bar Association et al. as amici curiae.

McDonald, C. J., and Borden, Palmer, Vertefeuille and Callahan, Js.

Opinion

VERTEFEUILLE, J.

The issue in this appeal is whether the state is required to offer a nondiscriminatory reason to the court for exercising a peremptory challenge when the defendant claims the challenge is based on a prospective juror's ancestry or ethnic origin. We conclude that under Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L. Ed.2d 69 (1986), and its progeny, a prosecutor must offer...

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