The Connecticut Supreme Court has unanimously upheld a decision by a lower court that there was nothing disqualifying about a police officer — who reported to a Connecticut state trooper — serving as a juror on the case investigated by other troopers.
The court determined Friday that the Southbury police officer in question, identified only as “J.J,” did not have a built-in bias in the underlying criminal case investigated by the state police just because he reported to a trooper for his own job.
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