
    State of Connecticut v. George Michael Leniart
    Supreme Court of Connecticut.
    Decided October 4, 2016
    Lauren Weisfeld, chief of legal services, in support of the petition.
    Stephen M. Carney, senior assistant state's attorney, in opposition.
    The defendant's petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 166 Conn. App. 142, 140 A.3d 1026 (2016), is granted, limited to the following issue:
    "Did the Appellate Court properly apply the corpus delicti rule in concluding that there was sufficient evidence to sustain the defendant's convictions for murder and capital felony?"
     