Case Name: State of Connecticut v. Burton E. Merritt
Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1994-09-20
Citations: 231 Conn. 926
Docket Number: SC 15045
Parties: State of Connecticut v. Burton E. Merritt
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 231
Pages: 926–927

Head Matter:
State of Connecticut v. Burton E. Merritt
The Supreme Court docket number is SC 15045.

Opinion:
The defendant's petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 36 Conn. App. 76 (AC 12377), is granted, limited to the following issue:
"Did the Appellate Court correctly hold that harmless error occurred when the trial court improperly admitted horizontal gaze nystagmus test results and improperly allowed the jury to hear evidence that if eye jerking occurs prior to a forty-five degree angle a subject is more than likely above the legal limit of 0.10 of one percent for intoxication in a trial under General Statutes § 14-227a (a) (1)?"
Decided September 20, 1994
Conrad O. Seifert, in support of the petition.
Leon F. Dalbec, Jr., assistant state's attorney, in opposition.