HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut Supreme Court is set to hear the appeal of former death row inmate Lazale Ashby, who says he was wrongly convicted of murder and sexual assault in the 2002...

WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the appeal of a mother whose daughter was assaulted by another student during an elementary school recess.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut officials say state Supreme Court rulings declined sharply in 2018, possibly a result of a major shakeup of the court over the past two years that included the appointments of a new chief justice and four new associate justices.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut Supreme Court is poised to have a busy 2019 dealing with cases involving the Sandy Hook school shooting, the race of jurors and homes with crumbling foundations.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — It's up to a special committee of the Democratic-controlled Connecticut House of Representatives to determine the ultimate winner of a legislative election.

In a decision read Friday from the bench, the Connecticut Supreme Court says it's up to the House, not the state's highest court, to certify the winner of Stratford's 120th Assembly District.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments on whether homeowners' insurance policies should cover repairs to thousands of homes with crumbling foundations caused by defective concrete.

Justices will hear arguments in three cases Tuesday.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man convicted of threatening the judge in his divorce case is arguing free speech rights in taking his case to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Edward Taupier, of Cromwell, has filed documents asking the court to hear his appeal of a Connecticut Supreme Court ruling in September that rejected his free speech arguments.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A dispute over a Connecticut state legislative race won by an incumbent Democrat by 13 votes in a recount is headed to the state Supreme Court.

The court has agreed to hear an appeal by state Republicans involving Stratford's 120th House District. Arguments before the court are scheduled for Dec. 21 in Hartford.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A case involving the death of a man who was struck by a Metro-North train in Darien is going before the Connecticut Supreme Court.

Justices are scheduled to hear arguments Monday on whether federal law prevents Kevin Murphy's widow from filing a wrongful death lawsuit against Metro-North in state court.

The lawsuit says Murphy slipped on ice at the Noroton Heights train station, fell onto the tracks and was struck and killed by a Metro-North train in March 2013.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut Supreme Court on Friday overturned the campaign fraud convictions of former Bridgeport state Sen. Ernest Newton II and ordered a new trial for the outspoken Democrat, who served prison time a decade ago in a bribery case that prompted him to give up his Senate seat.

NORWICH, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut Supreme Court has set a date to hear the appeal of a Haitian immigrant who was convicted of killing a Connecticut woman in 2015.

The Norwich Bulletin reports that attorneys for 44-year-old Jean Jacques will present their case for a new trial before the high court Oct. 17.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Parents' rights, disability benefits and an attempted murder conviction are among the issues being taken up by the Connecticut Supreme Court as it begins its 2018-2019 year.

The court's first term of the new year starts Monday as it hears two appeals.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of a Cromwell man convicted of threatening violence against a state judge who presided over his divorce case.

Edward Taupier argued there wasn't enough evidence to convict him of felony threatening and cited free speech rights. But the court ruled 7-0 against him in a decision released Friday.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut Supreme Court has vacated a felony murder conviction in a case that included the first Amber Alert ever issued in the state.

The high court, in a decision released Thursday, found that Jennifer Helmedach's lawyers should have told the then 24-year-old about a plea offer before she testified about her role in the September 2004 slaying of 20-year-old Faye Bennett in Meriden.

The ruling upholds an earlier Appellate Court decision.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut prosecutors plan to appeal the dismissal of Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel's murder conviction in a 1975 bludgeoning death to the U.S. Supreme Court.

State prosecutor James Killen notified the Connecticut Supreme Court of the planned appeal Tuesday. He said the court was wrong earlier this month when it reversed its own 2016 decision and vacated Skakel's murder conviction on the ground that Skakel's trial lawyer failed to call an alibi witness to the stand.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A federal judge has asked the Connecticut Supreme Court for a better definition of the word "collapse" that could help decide whether homeowner insurance policies should cover repairs to thousands of homes with crumbling foundations caused by defective concrete.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Latest on a court ordering a new trial for Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel (all times local):

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A brother of the girl whom Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel was accused of bludgeoning to death as a teenager says it is too soon to say what the family would want to have happen next in the case.

The Connecticut Supreme Court on Friday vacated Skakel's murder conviction in the 1975 slaying of Martha Moxley. The ruling calls for a new trial.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — In a historic vote, Connecticut lawmakers unanimously confirmed Associate Justice Richard Robinson as the next chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court. He becomes the first African-American to hold the judicial branch's top job.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A key legislative committee has approved Richard Robinson as the next chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court.

The Hartford Courant reports a final vote tally wasn't immediately announced Monday night, but Republican and Democratic lawmakers alike on the Judiciary Committee repeatedly said "yes" when their names were called.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Two former Connecticut Supreme Court justices advised Republican state lawmakers in last month's successful effort to reject Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's nominee for chief justice, according to emails and a state lawmaker.

NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — The retrial of a Connecticut man charged with killing his new wife has been scheduled for August.

The Norwich Bulletin reports that jury selection in the retrial of 54-year-old Chihan Eric Chyung is tentatively scheduled to start Aug. 20 with testimony beginning a week later.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut Supreme Court says a third Democratic primary for Bridgeport City Council is needed in part because a police officer improperly collected absentee ballots at a Democratic party official's direction.

The court released its full decision in the case Monday, two months after upholding a lower court's ruling without explanation. The new primary is set for April 10. Four candidates are vying for two City Council seats.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A newspaper lawyer urged the Connecticut Supreme Court on Thursday to allow reporters to examine some of the Newtown school killer's belongings, saying information on a possible motive for the 2012 massacre of 20 children and six adults is of high public interest and concern.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut chief justice nominee Andrew McDonald denied Monday that he's an activist, a claim made by some critics who want legislators to oppose Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's choice to oversee the state's highest court.

Conservative groups have accused McDonald, a former state senator from Stamford and longtime friend of the governor, of putting his own liberal political beliefs ahead of the law.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut Supreme Court has scheduled arguments on whether state police have to publicly release some of the Newtown school killer's belongings, including a spreadsheet ranking mass murders and a violent story he wrote as a child.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A coalition of cities, towns, parents and public school students is planning to ask the Connecticut Supreme Court to reconsider its ruling that the state's education funding system is constitutional.

Leaders of the Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding say they plan to file a motion with the high court Friday afternoon.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut Supreme Court is expected to issue decisions and hear arguments in a variety of notable cases in 2018, including a newspaper's quest for documents that belonged to the Newtown school shooter and Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel's appeal of his murder conviction.

Justices are scheduled to reconvene to hear cases from Jan. 16 to 18, followed by session that begins Feb. 20.

A look at some of the cases pending before the court:

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Chris Mattei (MATT'-ee) says he's running for attorney general, switching gears from a possible gubernatorial run.

The Democrat announced his intentions Monday on the steps of the Connecticut Supreme Court building. It comes a week after Democratic Attorney General George Jepsen announced he will not seek a third term in 2018.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Lawyers are set to ask the Connecticut Supreme Court to reinstate a wrongful death lawsuit against the maker of the rifle used in the 2012 Newtown school massacre.

Justices are scheduled to hear arguments Tuesday in an appeal by a survivor and relatives of nine people killed in the shooting.