Case Name: STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. RAYSEAN WILLIAMS
Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 2001-09-20
Citations: 258 Conn. 911
Docket Number: SC 16592
Parties: STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. RAYSEAN WILLIAMS
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 258
Pages: 911–911

Head Matter:
STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. RAYSEAN WILLIAMS
The Supreme Court docket number is SC 16592.
Jeremiah Donovan, in support of the petition.
Rita M. Shair, assistant state’s attorney, in opposition.
Decided September 20, 2001
The appeal was dismissed April 24, 2003, a notice of suggestion of death having been filed by the state and presented to the court.

Opinion:
The defendant's petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 64 Conn. App. 512 (AC 19362), is granted, limited to the following issue:
"Did the Appellate Court correctly conclude that the defendant's multiple requests to represent himself were not a clear and unequivocal assertion of the right so as to require the trial court to canvass fully the defendant?"
ZARELLA, J., did not participate in the consideration or decision of this petition.