STATE v. DONTIGNEY

(13693)

215 Conn. 646 (1990)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. JEFFREY J. DONTIGNEY

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released July 17, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ira B. Grudberg, with whom was Steven J. DeFrank, for the appellant (defendant).

Timothy J. Sugrue, deputy assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, was Michael Dearington, state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

PETERS, C. J., CALLAHAN, COVELLO, HULL and BORDEN, JS.


COVELLO, J.

This is the defendant's appeal from his conviction, after a jury trial, of one count of the crime of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a.1 The issues on appeal are: (1) whether the trial court properly admitted evidence of an out-of-court experiment concerning the distance from the gun to the victim at the time of firing; and (2) whether the trial court properly admitted into evidence photographs of the experimental...

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