Case Name: STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. PAUL OVECHKA
Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 2007-04-26
Citations: 282 Conn. 909
Docket Number: SC 17895
Parties: STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. PAUL OVECHKA
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 282
Pages: 909–909

Head Matter:
STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. PAUL OVECHKA
Decided April 26, 2007
The Court docket number is SC 17895.
Margaret Gaffney Radionovas, senior assistant state’s attorney, in support of the petition.
Ruth Daniella Weissman, special public defender, in opposition.

Opinion:
The petition by the state of Connecticut for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 99 Conn. App. 679 (AC 26077), is granted, limited to the following issue:
"Did the Appellate Court properly conclude that the state's evidence of the defendant's repeated spraying of the victim in the eyes, face, clothing and body with weed killer and/or pepper spray, and of the victim's eye and skin injuries, was insufficient to prove the use of a 'dangerous instrument' within the meaning of General Statutes § 53a-60 (a) (2) (assault in the second degree) and General Statutes § 53a-3 (7)?"
ROGERS, C. J., did not participate in the consideration or decision of this petition.