STATE v. FERNANDO A.

Nos. 18045, 18103.

981 A.2d 427 (2009)

294 Conn. 1

STATE of Connecticut v. FERNANDO A.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided November 3, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven D. Ecker, Hartford, with whom was Alinor C. Sterling, Branford, for the appellant (defendant).

Robert J. Scheinblum, senior assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were David I. Cohen, state's attorney, Kevin J. Dunn, assistant state's attorney, and David R. Applegate, deputy assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, and Jane R. Rosenberg and Susan Quinn Cobb, assistant attorneys general, filed a brief for the department of children and families as amicus curiae.

Hakima Bey-Coon filed a brief for the office of the victim advocate as amicus curiae.

Daniel J. Foster filed a brief for the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Connecticut as amicus curiae.

Anne C. Dranginis and Proloy K. Das, Hartford, filed a brief for the Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence as amicus curiae.

ROGERS, C.J., and NORCOTT, PALMER, VERTEFEUILLE, ZARELLA, SCHALLER and McLACHLAN, Js.


NORCOTT, J.

In this public interest appeal, we consider the nature of the hearing that a defendant must receive prior to the issuance of a criminal protective order in a family violence case (criminal protective order) pursuant to General Statutes § 54-63c(b).2 The defendant, Fernando A., appeals, upon the grant of his application filed pursuant to General Statutes § 52-265a,

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