
    STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. ANDREW ALEXANDER
    The Supreme Court docket number is SC 16031.
    
      James M. Ralls, assistant state’s attorney, in support of the petition.
    
      Monte P. Radler, assistant public defender, in opposition.
    Decided October 22, 1998
   The petition of the state of Connecticut for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 50 Conn. App. 242 (AC 15584), is granted, limited to the following issues:

“1. Whether, under the circumstances of this case, the state violated the defendant’s constitutional right to be present at trial?

“2. Whether the state’s remarks to the jury amounted to prosecutorial misconduct?”

CALLAHAN, C. J., did not participate in the consideration or decision of this petition.  