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Criminal Law Appellate Court Opinions

by Townsend, Karen

 

AC46428 - State v. Colon (“The defendant, Luis E. Colon, appeals from the judgments of conviction, rendered following a jury trial, of possession of a controlled substance in violation of General Statutes § 21a-279 (a) (1) (count one) and operation of a motor vehicle while having an elevated blood alcohol content in violation of General Statutes § 14-227a (a) (2) (count two). The defendant claims that (1) the trial court committed plain error in failing, sua sponte, to sever the two offenses joined in the same information and (2) the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction with respect to count two. We disagree and, accordingly, affirm the judgments of the court.”)

AC46810 - State v. Makins (Burglary in the first degree; attempt to commit sexual assault in the first degree; ‘On appeal, the defendant claims that the court improperly denied his motion for a judgment of acquittal, made at the close of all the evidence, because the evidence adduced at trial was insufficient to establish beyond a reasonable doubt his identity as the perpetrator of the crimes of which he was convicted. We disagree and, accordingly, affirm the judgment of the court.”)