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STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. ROBERT M. BROWN
    The Supreme Court docket number is SC 15481.
    
      Rita M. Shair, assistant state’s attorney, in support of the petition.
    
      G. Douglas Nash, public defender, in opposition.
    Decided July 8, 1996
   The petition by the state of Connecticut for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 41 Conn. App. 317 (AC 14983), is granted, limited to the following issue:

“Did the Appellate Court properly conclude that (1) the trial court abused its discretion in denying the defendant’s motion for a continuance for DNA testing, and (2) the error was so prejudicial that it denied the defendant a fair trial?”