State v. Peeler

"'Twill be recorded for a precedent, And many an error by the same example Will rush into the state." W. Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, act IV, sc. i.

I write this dissenting opinion not to address the concurring opinion of Justice Palmer, who continues to believe that State v. Santiago, 318 Conn. 1 , 122 A.3d 1 (2015), was rightly decided. 1 I have already addressed the merits of Santiago, or rather, the lack thereof, in my dissenting opinion in that case. Id., at 388, 122 A.3d 1 . Of course, my dissenting opinion in Santiago pales in comparison to the dissent issued by Chief Justice…