In re Criminal Complaint & Application for Arrest Warrant

Citations

• 350 Conn. 633

Syllabus

The plaintiffs in error, three registered electors residing in the city of Bridge- port, filed a writ of error challenging the decision of a trial judge, who denied their applications, filed pursuant to statute (§ 9-368), for arrest warrants for two individuals who had allegedly violated certain election laws in connec- tion with the 2023 Democratic primary election for the office of the mayor of Bridgeport. The plaintiffs in error claimed, inter alia, that the trial judge had misinterpreted § 9-368, whereas the defendant in error, the state of Connecticut, claimed that the writ of error should be dismissed on the ground that the plaintiffs in error were neither statutorily nor classically aggrieved by the denial of the arrest warrant applications. Held: The plaintiffs in error were not required to establish that they were statutorily aggrieved in order to bring a writ of error challenging the denial of their arrest warrant applications. This court dismissed the writ of error because the plaintiffs in error were not classically aggrieved by the trial judge's denial of the arrest warrant applications, insofar as they lacked a specific, personal and legal interest in the arrest and prosecution of those who allegedly violate election laws. (One justice concurring separately) Argued May 1—officially released October 3, 2024