STATE v. BONILLA

No. 31927.

28 A.3d 1005 (2011)

131 Conn.App. 388

STATE of Connecticut v. Eddie BONILLA.

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Decided September 13, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sydney T. Schulman , with whom, on the brief, was Alina Bricklin-Goldstein , for the appellant (defendant).

Nancy L. Walker , special deputy assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were John A. Connelly , former state's attorney, and Jason Germain , assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

DiPENTIMA, C.J., and LAVINE and BEAR, Js.


LAVINE, J.

In this case, we are called upon to decide whether the defendant was properly convicted of a felony because he knowingly acted as a spectator at an illegal activity—a cockfight. We conclude that the defendant was properly convicted under General Statutes § 53-247(c) and that his constitutional claims are without merit.

The defendant, Eddie Bonilla, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after he entered a conditional plea...

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