State v. Leonard

The defendant’s petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 31 Conn. App. 178 (AC 10653), is granted, limited to the following issue:

“Did the Appellate Court properly conclude that the trial court’s instruction on reasonable doubt (‘A reasonable doubt is a doubt for which a valid reason can be assigned’) did not dilute the state’s burden of proof or violate the presumption of innocence?”