STATE v. LATOUR

No. 17177.

886 A.2d 404 (2005)

276 Conn. 399

STATE of Connecticut v. Michael J. LATOUR.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided December 13, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adele V. Patterson, assistant public defender, for the appellant (defendant).

Denise B. Smoker, senior assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, was Patricia M. Froehlich, state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

SULLIVAN, C.J., and KATZ, PALMER, VERTEFEUILLE and ZARELLA, Js.


Opinion

KATZ, J.

The dispositive issue in this direct appeal is whether the denial of a defendant's request to exercise a peremptory challenge of a venireperson, who served solely as an alternate, can constitute an impropriety that requires a new trial in the absence of an analysis on the issue of harm. The defendant, Michael J. Latour, appeals from the trial court's judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, claiming that the trial court...

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