State v. Taveras

The defendant, Kerlyn M. Taveras, appeals from the judgments of the trial court finding him in violation of his probation and revoking his probation pursuant to General Statutes § 53a-32, following his arrest on a charge of breach of the peace in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-181 (a) (1). 1 On appeal, the defendant claims that the state adduced insufficient evidence at his probation revocation hearing to establish a violation of probation. 2 Central to the defendant's claim of insufficient evidence is whether the words he used spontaneously to express his…