State v. Elson

I concur in the majority opinion and agree that the judgment of the trial court should be affirmed. I write separately to express my disagreement with the majority’s interpretation of the meaning of “affirmative request” as used by our Supreme Court in order to determine whether a defendant can obtain review pursuant to State v. Golding, 213 Conn. 233,239-40, 567 A.2d 823 (1989), of a claimed constitutional deprivation that was not preserved at trial, and with the majority’s decision to overrule in part State v. Wright, 114 Conn. App. 448, 969 A.2d 827 (2009).1

This appeal was first argued in…