726 A.2d 531 STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. DENNIS HODGE (SC 15266)Supreme Court of Connecticut Callahan, C.J., and Borden, Berdon, Palmer and McDonald, Js. Syllabus The equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment to the United States constitution prohibits the exercise of a peremptory challenge to excuse a venireperson because of his or her religious affiliation. […]