Case Name: STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. NOEL BERMUDEZ
Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 2003-10-23
Citations: 266 Conn. 921
Docket Number: SC 17081
Parties: STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. NOEL BERMUDEZ
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 266
Pages: 921–921

Head Matter:
STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. NOEL BERMUDEZ
The Supreme Court docket number is SC 17081.
Leon F. Dalbec, Jr., senior assistant state’s attorney, in support of the petition.
Decided October 23, 2003

Opinion:
The petition by the state of Connecticut for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 79 Conn. App. 275 (AC 22949), is granted, limited to the following issues:
"Did the Appellate Court properly conclude that: (1) prosecutorial misconduct deprived the defendant of a fair trial; and (2) the trial court improperly overemphasized the charge of manslaughter in the first degree in its instructions to the jury?"