HIGGINS v. LISTON

No. 24547.

870 A.2d 1137 (2005)

88 Conn.App. 599

Dennis HIGGINS v. Timothy J. LISTON, State's Attorney.

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Decided April 26, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neal Cone, senior assistant public defender, for the plaintiff in error.

Michele C. Lukban, assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Timothy J. Liston, state's attorney, and John Cashmon, supervisory assistant state's attorney, for the defendant in error.

LAVERY, C.J., and FOTI and SCHALLER, Js.


FOTI, J.

The plaintiff in error, Dennis Higgins, seeks reversal of the judgment of the trial court summarily finding him in criminal contempt of court. The plaintiff in error claims that (1) he had a right, under our state and federal constitutions, to be represented by counsel during the summary contempt proceeding, that he was not represented by counsel during the proceeding and that he neither knew of nor waived his right to be represented by counsel, and (2) the...

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