
    STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. IRVIN D. ROSE
   The petition by the state of Connecticut for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 112 Conn. App. 324 (AC 28174), is granted, limited to the following issue:

Decided March 5, 2009

The Supreme Court docket number is SC 18323.

Timothy F. Costello, deputy assistant state’s attorney, in support of the petition.

Joseph A. Jaumann, special public defender, in opposition.

“Did the Appellate Court properly determine that harmless error analysis does not apply where the trial court has compelled the defendant to appear before a jury in identifiable prison garb? If not, was the defendant’s appearance before the jury in identifiable prison garb harmless beyond a reasonable doubt?”

MCLACHLAN, J.,

did not participate in the consideration of or decision on this petition.  