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STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. DAVID JOYCE
    The Supreme Court docket number is SC 15767.
    
      KentDrager, senior assistant public defender, in support of the petition.
    
      Frederick W. Fawcett, assistant state’s attorney, in opposition.
    Decided September 18, 1997
   The defendant’s petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 45 Conn. App. 390 (AC 15603), is granted, limited to the following issué:

“Did the Appellate Court properly conclude that the trial court’s unconstitutional restriction of the defendant’s right to present evidence of a state witness’ bias against him was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt?”