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PEREIRA v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION

No. 26796.

921 A.2d 665 (2007)

101 Conn.App. 397

Ricardo PEREIRA v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION.

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Decided May 22, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Temmy Ann Pieszak, chief of habeas corpus services, for the appellant (petitioner).

Ronald G. Weller, senior assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Scott J. Murphy, state's attorney, and Brian Preleski, senior assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (respondent).

HARPER, LAVINE and PETERS, Js.

PETERS, J.

A criminal defendant's invocation of his constitutional right to counsel requires an unambiguous and unequivocal statement "that a reasonable police officer . . . would understand to be a request for an attorney." Davis v. United States, 512 U.S. 452, 459, 114 S.Ct. 2350, 129 L.Ed.2d 362 (1994); State v. Anonymous, 240 Conn. 708, 716, 694 A.2d 766 (1997). The dispositive issue...

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