Seebeck v. State

*516 Opinion

BORDEN, J.

This appeal raises three principal issues: (1) When a trial court has denied a petitioner’s request for certification to appeal, pursuant to General Statutes § 54-95 (a),1 from its denial of a petition for a new trial, does this court have subject matter jurisdiction to consider the petitioner’s appeal? (2) If this court has subject matter jurisdiction to consider such an appeal, what is the proper scope of review of the trial court’s denial of certification to appeal? (3) Pursuant to that scope of review, did the trial court improperly deny the petitioner’s request for…