State v. Paolella

The defendant, Joseph Paolella, was convicted after a trial to the court1 of kidnapping in the second degree with a firearm in violation of General Statutes § 53a-94a2 and assault in the third degree *674in violation of General Statutes § 53a-61 (a) (1).3 The trial court sentenced the defendant to fifteen years imprisonment on the kidnapping charge, suspended after eight years and five years probation. The defendant was also sentenced to one year on the assault charge to run concurrently with the kidnapping sentence. On appeal, the defendant claims that there was insufficient evidence to support…