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STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. BRIAN FIELDING (SC 18184)
Rogers, C. J., and Katz, Palmer, Vertefeuille and Zarella, Js. Argued February 8--officially released May 4, 2010

Timothy J. Sugrue, assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Stephen J. Sedensky III, state's attorney, and David R. Shannon, senior assistant state's attorney, for the appellant (state). Hugh F. Keefe, with whom, on the brief, was Nancy Fitzpatrick Myers, for the appellee (defendant).

Opinion

KATZ, J. The state appeals, upon our grant of certification, from the judgment of the Appellate Court dismissing its appeal from the trial court's order compelling it to provide the defendant, Brian Fielding, with copies of material that had been seized from his home in connection with his arrest for possession of child pornography. The sole issue in this certified appeal is whether the Appellate Court properly determined that the trial court's order was not a final judgment and, therefore, that it lacked jurisdiction over the appeal. We conclude that the Appellate Court properly dismissed the appeal, and, accordingly, we affirm the judgment of that court. The record reveals the following undisputed facts and procedural history. In September, 2006, the state charged the defendant by information with possession of child pornography in the third degree in violation of General Statutes

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