President Donald Trump appointed McCarter & English partner David X. Sullivan as the Chief U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut in May 2025, despite the fact that McCarter and English has a DEI program run by one of the members of the CT Criminal Justice Commission named Moy N. Ogilvie. What kind of a name is “Moy”? Is it short for “Moy Bien?” If Trump did his due diligence before he appointed David X Sullivan he would have discovered that Sullivan had Moy Bien running a DEI program right under Trump’s orange head, shoulders, knees and toes… Trump should hire Larry Noodles as Chief of the Trump Name Mocking Department.

It appears that the prosecutors who have the least respect for the protection of the civil rights of the accused move up the ladder in the State’s Attorneys Offices. The Connecticut Appellate and Supreme Courts are packed with former prosecutors. The three Supreme Court Justices who vote together against the Constitutional rights of the accused are typically the following three: Joan Alexander (former State’s Attorney); Raheem Mullins (Former State’s Attorney) and Nora Dannehy (former Federal prosecutor who is married to former Federal prosecutor Len Boyle). Recently these three protectors of police power voted together in dissent in a case where a “snitch” testified against the defendant, and during his testimony he stated that there was no “cooperation agreement” or promises made in exchange for his testimony by the New London State’s Attorneys Office. After the defendant was convicted the snitch pleaded guilty to a laundry list of violent felonies but the New London State’s Attorney recommended no jail time. The snitch didn’t do a day in jail while the defendant got 53 years of incarceration. The majority opinion, written by Justice Andrew McDonald, found that the jury should have been told about a formal or informal cooperation agreement, if one existed, and remanded the case. The meatheads in the dissent felt that the existence of an informal cooperation agreement was mere speculation, and stated the following: “It is not our place to remand a case due to the mere suspicion of wink and nod dealmaking, particularly when we will not lightly presume that the prosecutor misrepresented the true nature of the state’s agreement.” Mere suspicion? Speculation? Please. The snitch was facing a very long prison sentence had he not cooperated with the State’s Attorney. He obviously had a cooperation agreement. The Federal prosecutors don’t pull this drek at trial. Is it pure suspicion or speculation on my part that the dissenters in this case happen to be former prosecutors and dissented in order to protect their “reputation” in the law enforcement community? What about the “Constitutional” civil rights community? Why do I care whether this Black defendant named Darnell Moore, probably a gang member, goes to jail for 53 years for acts of extreme violence? Because once you get away with violating the rights of the Darnell Moores in this State, these rulings effect every future case, and everyone’s rights will be violated by the police state.

The members of the CT Criminal Justice Commission are in charge of hiring and “firing” CT State’s Attorneys. State prosecutors rarely get fired, lest it put a stain on Connecticut’s entire “law enforcement community” and Judiciary. State’s Attorneys never fear losing their law licenses for their misconduct, unlike DOJ attorneys who are now being brought up on ethical violations for doing the bidding of their master Donald Trump. Who are the “masters” of the CT State prosecutors? Nobody will ever know because in Connecticut everything that goes on with members of the State’s Attorneys Office and the Judiciary are completely closed off to the public. Everything in CT is top secret, protected by the Freedom of Information laws and CT Supreme Court rulings. The CT media doesn’t scrutinize what goes on in Connecticut as the NYT does with the members of the DOJ and the United States Supreme Court. Democracy dies in the darkness. Democracy may already be dead in the “Constitution” State. Welcome to Connecticut’s Police State, where the “police” are a “diverse” group of attorneys who include members of the CT Criminal Justice Commission, who rubber stamp the unethical behavior of the State’s Attorneys. The CT Supreme Court may admonish State’s Attorneys at times in written decisions, written in legalese, that nobody in the public reads or understands. CT Judges never refer CT prosecutors for ethical violations, unlike what is going on right now with Federal Judges referring Trump’s lackeys at the DOJ to the disciplinary authorities for potential disbarment.

I wrote the following email the to the above members of the CT Criminal Justice Commission:

“In State v. Dabate, 351 Conn. 428 (2025), the Supreme Court concluded that the prosecutor’s reference to a “mini-Cheshire” violated the trial court’s ruling and was improper. The Court concluded that the inflammatory nature of the comments was compounded because they were made during rebuttal summation. The Court found the prosecutor’s conduct “did not meet the standard of professionalism expected of prosecutors in the state” and noted that the prosecutor had been admonished multiple times by the trial court. This prosecutor, ie., Matthew Gedansky, was never subjected to costly protracted disciplinary litigation as many private attorneys are subjected to, such as myself, and African American attorneys Josephine Miller Smalls, Corey Brinson, and Rebecca Johnson.  What is most shocking about the Dabate case is that the Supreme Court ruled that the State had overwhelming evidence of the Defendant’s guilt, resulting in the guilty verdict not being overturned on appeal, yet Gedansky felt it necessary to engage in improper conduct.  A couple of months after the Supreme Court issued its decision in Dabate, the CT Criminal Justice Commission announced that Gedansky was stepping down in his position as chief prosecutor of Tolland County, yet there was no mention of why he was stepping down from his position. The public deserves to know why he stepped down.   Similarly, in State v. Parris, 352 Conn. 652 (2025), the Supreme Court concluded that the prosecutor had repeatedly misstated the law and that prosecutorial impropriety deprived the defendant of a fair trial in violation of due process and overturned the guilty verdict. The prosecutor in Parris was John Doyle of New Haven, the chief prosecutor of New Haven County. Mr. Doyle was never subjected to costly protracted disciplinary litigation.  Former prosecutors Hon. Mullins and Hon. Alexander were the only two Supreme Court Justices who dissented in Parris on the issue of whether Mr. Doyle’s misconduct was egregious enough to warrant a new trial.  Mr. Doyle was never asked to step down from his position as chief prosecutor of New Haven County by the Criminal Justice Commission.  It appears that prosecutors get promoted and rewarded for violating the professional rules of conduct, as well as violating the Constitutional rights of defendants, in criminal trials.  Win at all costs?  What ever happened to the “Constitution State?”  As non-prosecutor members of the Criminal Justice Commission, as well as members of minority groups, one of whom has actually experienced life inside a prison cell, other than Mr. Berke, what are you going to do about this grave injustice?” Respectfully Submitted, Larry Noodles

If you feel that the CT Criminal Justice Commission has failed Constitutional law by not disclosing to the public why Matthew Gedansky stepped down from his position as chief prosecutor of Tolland County, or not having the cojones to demote or fire Jack Doyle, please send an email expressing your opinion, you can cut and paste this blog if you want:

Members of CT Criminal Justice Commission:

berke@robertberke.com mogilvie@mccarter.com dwayne@freedomreads.org

Members of the Media:

hbennett@courant.com bruno.matarazzo@hearstmediact.com publicwtnh@wtnh.com editor@yaledailynews.com

Governor’s Office: ltgovernor.bysiewicz@ct.gov

State Senators:

Looney@senatedems.ct.gov Winfield@senatedems.ct.gov Steven.Stafstrom@cga.ct.gov Toni.Walker@cga.ct.gov

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