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STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. GREGORY PIERRE (SC 17227)
Sullivan, C. J., and Borden, Katz, Vertefeuille and Zarella, Js. Argued September 7, 2005--officially released January 31, 2006

Jeremiah Donovan, with whom was William T. Koch, Jr., for the appellant (defendant). Peter A. McShane, senior assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Kevin T. Kane, state's attorney, and Michael L. Regan, supervisory assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (state).
Opinion

BORDEN, J. The defendant, Gregory Pierre, appeals, following our grant of certification, from the judgment of the Appellate Court affirming the judgment of the trial court convicting the defendant of two counts of kidnapping in the first degree, and one count each of felony murder, robbery in the first degree and manslaughter in the first degree. The defendant raises two issues on appeal, the first of which contains several subparts. First, the defendant claims that the Appellate Court improperly concluded that the trial court's admission of a third party's prior inconsistent statement pursuant to State v. Whelan, 200 Conn. 743, 753, 513 A.2d 86, cert. denied, 479 U.S. 994, 107 S. Ct. 597, 93 L. Ed. 2d 598 (1986): (1) did not violate Whelan's requirement of personal knowledge; (2) satisfied the requirements of the dual inculpatory statement and adoptive admission exceptions to the rule against hearsay; and (3) did not abridge the defendant's state and federal constitutional rights to confrontation. State v. Pierre, 83 Conn. App. 28, 33

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