STATE v. MARRA

No. 18331.

988 A.2d 865 (2010)

295 Conn. 74

STATE of Connecticut v. Thomas J. MARRA, Jr.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided March 9, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth Paul Fox, special public defender, with whom was Frank J. Riccio, Sr., Bridgeport, for the appellant (defendant).

Frederick W. Fawcett, special assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, was John C. Smriga, state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

Edward J. Gavin, Bridgeport and Richard Emanuel, New Haven, filed a brief for the Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers Association as amicus curiae.

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


KATZ, J.

Following his 1984 conviction for the murder of the victim, Alex Palmieri, and an unsuccessful direct appeal from the judgment of conviction to this court; see State v. Marra, 222 Conn. 506, 610 A.2d 1113 (1992); the defendant, Thomas Marra (petitioner), filed a petition, pursuant to General Statutes § 54-102kk,1 requesting DNA testing of certain evidence that had been introduced...

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