Case Name: STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. RICHARD S. TAYLOR
Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 2012-01-25
Citations: 303 Conn. 930
Docket Number: SC 18916
Parties: STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. RICHARD S. TAYLOR
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 303
Pages: 930–930

Head Matter:
STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. RICHARD S. TAYLOR
Decided January 25, 2012
The Supreme Court docket number is SC 18916.
Daniel J. Krisch, assigned counsel, in support of the petition.
Harry Weller, senior assistant state’s attorney, in opposition.

Opinion:
The defendant's petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 132 Conn. App. 357 (AC 31740), is granted, limited to the following issue:
"Did the Appellate Court properly determine that in a conspiracy case it is sufficient for the court to instruct the jury that, with respect to the first essential element that there was an agreement, '[i]t is sufficient to show that the parties knowingly engaged in a mutual plan to do a criminal act?' "