STATE v. THOMAS

No. 27372.

909 A.2d 57 (2006)

98 Conn. App. 384

STATE of Connecticut v. James D. THOMAS.

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Decided November 7, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Jeffrey Beck, Bridgeport, for the appellant (defendant).

Frederick W. Fawcett, supervisory assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Jonathan C. Benedict, state's attorney, and John C. Smriga, supervisory assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

DiPENTIMA, GRUENDEL and ROGERS, Js.


GRUENDEL, J.

The defendant, James D. Thomas, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a(a). He claims that the trial court abused its discretion in admitting as a spontaneous utterance the statement of Mabel Persons. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The relevant facts are not in dispute. Teresa Alers knew both the defendant and Henry Goforth, with whom she sold narcotics...

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