STATE v. SAWYER

No. 16972.

904 A.2d 101 (2006)

279 Conn. 331

STATE of Connecticut v. Douglas SAWYER.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided August 8, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman A. Pattis, with whom, on the brief, was David B. Bachman, for the appellant (defendant).

Mitchell S. Brody, senior assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Scott J. Murphy, state's attorney, and Vernon Oliver, former assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

Michael Fitzpatrick and Richard Emanuel filed a brief for the Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers Association as amicus curiae.

Gerard A. Smyth, chief public defender, Martin Zeldis, chief of legal services, and Kent Drager and Lauren Weisfeld, senior assistant public defenders, filed a brief for the office of the chief public defender as amicus curiae.

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


ZARELLA, J.

The defendant, Douglas Sawyer, appeals, following our grant of certification,2 from the judgment of the Appellate Court affirming his conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of one count each of sexual assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-70 (a)(1), burglary in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-101 (a)(1), sexual assault...

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