STATE v. BRASWELL

No. 19230.

123 A.3d 835 (2015)

318 Conn. 815

STATE of Connecticut v. Velmon Danny BRASWELL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided September 29, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah Hanna , assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were David I. Cohen , state's attorney, and Michelle Manning , assistant state's attorney, for the appellant (state).

Alice Osedach , assistant public defender, for the appellee (defendant).

ROGERS, C.J., and PALMER, ZARELLA, EVELEIGH, McDONALD, ESPINOSA and ROBINSON, Js.


In this appeal, we are asked to decide whether the Appellate Court properly determined that the trial court's denial of the request by the defendant, Velmon Danny Braswell, to represent himself was improper, and, if so, whether the Appellate Court correctly determined that the impropriety constitutes structural error. The defendant was...

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