STATE v. SORBO


174 Conn. 253 (1978)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. JOSEPH SORBO

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released February 14, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Emanuel, assistant public defender, with whom, on the brief, were James D. Cosgrove, chief public defender, and Jerrold H. Barnett, public defender, for the appellant (defendant).

Ernest J. Diette, Jr., assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Arnold Markle, state's attorney, and Edward J. Mullarkey, assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

HOUSE, C. J., LOISELLE, BOGDANSKI, LONGO and SPEZIALE, JS.


LOISELLE, J.

The defendant was found guilty by a jury of having committed the offenses of burglary in the third degree in violation of § 53a-103 of the General Statutes and of larceny in the first degree in violation of § 53a-122. From the judgment rendered he has appealed.

The jury could have found that a burglary occurred at the Whalley Avenue Pharmacy in the early morning of March 23, 1974. Entry was gained through a hole that was cut in the roof...

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