
    STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. RAYMOND HARDY
    The Supreme Court docket number is SC 17324.
    
      Deborah G. Stevenson, special public defender, in support of the petition.
   The defendant’s petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 85 Conn. App. 708 (AC 23960), is granted, limited to the following issues:

“1. Does a ‘firearm’ as defined in General Statutes § 53a-3 (19) require that a shot be discharged by gunpowder?
“2. Does a ‘deadly weapon’ as defined in General Statutes § 53a-3 (6) require that a shot be discharged by gunpowder?”

Decided December 8, 2004

Marjorie Allen Dauster, senior assistant state’s attorney, in opposition.  