State v. Rios

I concur with the result reached by the majority but write separately to express my opinion on the importance of compliance with Practice Book § 4059.1

The significance of § 4059 can best be appreciated if considered in historical perspective. Shortly after the dawn of Connecticut appellate jurisprudence, a complicated system of establishing facts for appellate review began to evolve. The system ultimately grew to include requests to the trial court for a finding of facts, the appellant’s draft findings, the appellee’s counter draft findings, the court’s findings, motions to correct the…