Case Name: STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. RAFAEL MEDRANO
Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 2011-12-08
Citations: 303 Conn. 912
Docket Number: SC 18895
Parties: STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. RAFAEL MEDRANO
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 303
Pages: 912–913

Head Matter:
STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. RAFAEL MEDRANO
The Supreme Court docket number is SC 18895.
James B. Streeto, assistant public defender, in support of the petition.

Opinion:
The defendant's petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 131 Conn. App. 528 (AC 31271), is granted, limited to the following issues:
"1. Did the Appellate Court properly determine that the defendant was not deprived of his due process right to a fair trial as a result of prosecutorial improprieties?
"2. Was the defendant deprived of his due process right to a fair trial by the trial court's 'defendant's interest' charge to the jury?
"3. If the answer to question two is in the negative, should the court overrule the holding in State v. Williams, 220 Conn. 385, 397, 599 A.2d 1053 (1991), as it relates to the 'defendant's interest' charge to the jury?"
Decided December 8, 2011
Timothy J. Sugrue, senior assistant state's attorney, in opposition.