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STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. SCOTT SMITH
    The Supreme Court docket number is SC 16606.
   The defendant’s petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 65 Conn. App. 126 (AC 20829), is granted, limited to the following issue:

“Did the Appellate Court properly conclude that the trial court was not required to instruct the jury on the lesser included offense of manslaughter in the first degree?”

James B. Streeto, deputy assistant public defender, in support of the petition.

Susann E. Gill, senior assistant state’s attorney, in opposition.

Decided October 10, 2001