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STATE v. COLEMAN

(SC 15515)

241 Conn. 784 (1997)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. CHARLES COLEMAN

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released July 22, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marjorie Allen Dauster, assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Michael Dearington, state's attorney, and John Waddock, assistant state's attorney, for the appellant (state).

Richard Emanuel, assistant public defender, for the appellee (defendant).

Callahan, C. J., and Borden, Katz, McDonald and Peters, JS.

Opinion

MCDONALD, J.

The sole issue raised in this certified appeal is whether, under the circumstances of this case, the trial court improperly admitted into evidence testimony concerning four knives, as well as the knives themselves as the Appellate Court concluded. The defendant, Charles Coleman, was convicted after a jury trial of burglary in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-101 (a) (2), burglary in the second degree...

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