State v. Garrison

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. ALEXANDER A. GARRISON (SC 20773) Robinson, C. J., and McDonald, D’Auria, Mullins, Ecker, Alexander and Dannehy, Js. Syllabus The state appealed, on the granting of certification, from the judgment of the Appellate Court, which reversed the defendant’s conviction of assault in the first degree. The state claimed that the Appellate Court had incorrectly determined that a new trial was required because the trial court should have granted the defendant’s motion to suppress certain statements he made on the ground that he was in custody when he spoke with police officers in…