Division of Criminal Justice Advisory Board 

Via Teams 

Minutes of the Meeting of July 5, 2023

The virtual Teams meeting was called to order at 11:02 by Ansonia/Milford State's Attorney Margaret E. Kelley.

Also present: Chief State’s Attorney Patrick J. Griffin, Deputy Chief State’s Attorney of Operations Kevin D. Lawlor, Deputy Chief State’s Attorney of Administration, Personnel and Finance John J. Russotto, Deputy Chief State’s Attorney, Inspector General Robert J. Devlin, Jr., Criminal Justice Commission member Scott Murphy, David R. Applegate (Danbury), Joseph T. Corradino (Fairfield), Sharmese L. Walcott (Hartford), David R. Shannon (Litchfield), Christian M. Watson (New Britain), John P. Doyle, Jr. (New Haven), Paul J. Narducci (New London), Paul J. Ferencek (Stamford/Norwalk), Matthew C. Gedansky (Tolland), Maureen T. Platt (Waterbury), Anne F. Mahoney (Windham), Executive Assistant State’s Attorneys Lisa M. D’Angelo, Kathryn Bare and Brett Salafia, Supervisory Assistant State’s Attorneys David Kutzner and Jason Germain, Legislative Liaison Anne Cournoyer, Senior Assistant State’s Attorneys Timothy J. Sugrue, Manager of Research and Planning Kyle Baudoin, Chief Inspector Michael Sullivan and Marisa DePhillips, Executive Secretary to the Chief State’s Attorney.

MINUTES

A motion to accept the minutes from the June 7, 2023 meeting was made by State's Attorney Platt and was seconded by State's Attorney Mahoney. It passed unanimously.

MANAGEMENT

State's Attorney Corradino had nothing to report.

OPERATIONS

State's Attorney Platt reported that the committee was currently working on a policy to ensure that victims are notified when habeas corpus cases are filed. She will provide an update at the next Advisory Board meeting.

PEER REVIEW UPDATE

Deputy Chief State's Attorney Russotto reported on the status of State's Attorney reviews for State's Attorney Narducci and State's Attorney Corradino.

POTENTIAL CONFLICTS

None reported.

OTHER BUSINESS

Chief State's Attorney Griffin reported on the recent deaths of a former Division Inspector and the sibling of a prosecutor. The group expressed condolences.

ADJOURNMENT

A motion to adjourn the meeting was made at 11:08 a.m. by State's Attorney Narducci. State's Attorney Ferencek seconded the motion. The meeting was then adjourned.