State v. Rivera, 282 Conn. 779

Summary

The Supreme Court of Connecticut dismissed the state's certified appeal after concluding that certification had been improvidently granted. The appeal concerned whether the trial court's conspiracy instruction was deficient because it did not identify the intended victim, and the Appellate Court had reversed the conspiracy conviction on that basis.

Holdings

1. The appeal was dismissed because certification had been improvidently granted.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the Appellate Court properly held that the trial court's conspiracy instruction was deficient because it did not state that the State had to prove the object of the conspiracy, specifically that Cesar Rivera was the intended victim.

Disposition

dismissed