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Criminal Law Supreme Court Opinion

by Townsend, Karen

 

SC20853 - State v. Petteway (“The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a and criminal violation of a standing criminal protective order in violation of General Statutes § 53a-223a. He claims that he is entitled to a new trial because the trial court violated his right to self-representation under the federal and state constitutions. Because the defendant’s conduct functioned as a forfeiture of his right to self-representation, we disagree and affirm the judgment of the trial court.”)