Case Name: STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. LEOTIS PAYNE
Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 2001-07-05
Citations: 257 Conn. 904
Docket Number: SC 16554
Parties: STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. LEOTIS PAYNE
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 257
Pages: 904–905

Head Matter:
STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. LEOTIS PAYNE
The Supreme Court docket number is SC 16554.
Conrad Ost Seifert, special public defender, in support of the petition.

Opinion:
The defendant's petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 63 Conn. App. 583 (AC 20232), is granted, limited to the following issue:
"In the exercise of our supervisory authority over the administration of justice, should the defendant be afforded a new trial due to pervasive prosecutorial misconduct during closing argument?"
ZARELLA, J., did not participate in the consideration or decision of this petition.
Timothy J. Sugrue, senior assistant state's attorney, in opposition.
Decided July 5, 2001