State v. Ervin

Opinion

CRETELLA, J.

The defendant, Michael W. Ervin, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of the crime of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a. On appeal, the defendant raises two issues. The defendant claims that the trial court (1) improperly permitted evidence of a videotaped demonstration of a choke hold without proper foundation for such admission and (2) committed plain error by admitting excessive evidence of an extramarital affair. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The jury reasonably could have found the following facts. On March…