SC20708 - State v. Bember ("Following a jury trial, the defendant, Tyhitt Bember, was convicted of felony murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54c, attempt to commit robbery in the first degree in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-49 (a) (2) and 53a-134 (a) (2), and carrying a pistol or revolver without a permit in violation of General Statutes § 29-35. On appeal, the defendant claims that (1) the trial court abused its discretion in permitting the state to question two of its witnesses about their cooperation agreements with the state during direct examination and that this questioning amounted to prosecutorial impropriety, (2) the trial court abused its discretion in concluding that the testimony of the cooperating witnesses was reliable and admissible pursuant to General Statutes § 54-86p, and (3) the trial court's denial of his motion to suppress the recording of a jailhouse phone call and the .22 caliber revolver seized by the police as a result of information acquired from that recording violated his rights under the fourth amendment to the United States constitution. We reject the defendant's claims and affirm the judgment of the trial court.")