612 A.2d 57

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. WILLIAM GUCKIAN

Supreme Court of Connecticut

The state of Connecticut’s petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 27 Conn. App. 225, is granted, limited to the following questions:

“1. Did the Appellate Court properly determine that the term `crime’ as used in Public Acts 1989, No. 89-390[1] includes motor vehicle violations?

“2. Did the Appellate Court properly determine that the requirement of Public Acts 1989, No. 89-390 that there be a `relationship’ between the alcohol or drug dependency and the crime committed does not require a showing of a causal or contributory link between the dependency and the crime?”

Jack W. Fischer, deputy assistant state’s attorney, in support of the petition.

Lawrence D. Church, in opposition.

Decided July 9, 1992

[1] Public Acts 1989, No. 89-390 is now codified in General Statutes 17a-648 through 17a-658.

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