State v. Poirier

The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of offering to make home improvements without being registered in violation of General Statutes (Rev. to 1987) § 20-427 (b) (5). The dispositive issue on appeal is whether General Statutes (Rev. to 1987) § 20-427 (b) (5) prohibits a person, whose certificate of registration has expired, from making or offering to make home improvements. We find that it does.

The jury could reasonably have found the following facts. In July, 1980, the defendant registered as a home improvement contractor with the department of…