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STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. JAMEL BURKE
    The Supreme Court docket number is SC 16105.
    
      Theresa M. Dalton, assistant public defender, in support of the petition.
    
      Ellen A. Jawitz, assistant state’s attorney, in opposition.
    Decided May 12, 1999
   The defendant’s petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 51 Conn. App. 798 (AC 17733), is granted, limited to the following issue:

“Did the Appellate Court properly conclude that the defense of self-defense does not apply to a charge of felony murder as a matter of law?”