Case Name: State of Connecticut v. Eric N. Person
Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1990-01-02
Citations: 213 Conn. 811
Docket Number: 
Parties: State of Connecticut v. Eric N. Person
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 213
Pages: 811–811

Head Matter:
State of Connecticut v. Eric N. Person
Hubert J. Santos, in support of the petition.
Harry Weller, assistant state’s attorney, in opposition.
Decided January 2, 1990

Opinion:
The defendant's petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 20 Conn. App. 115, is granted, limited to the following issues:
"1. May the state, in a criminal prosecution, require a defense witness to invoke the privilege against self-incrimination in open court, and may it use such invocation and subsequent waiver as a basis for impeaching the witness and for adverse comment in its summation?
"2. If the trial court's ruling to permit such conduct was erroneous, was the Appellate Court correct in concluding that the error was harmless?"