State v. Outlaw

Opinion

LAVINE, J.

The defendant, Charles W. Outlaw, Jr., appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of failure to appear in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-172. On appeal, the defendant claims that the court improperly (1) denied his motion for a judgment of acquittal, as there was insufficient evidence from which the jury reasonably could have found that he wilfully failed to appear for sentencing, and (2) permitted the state to introduce evidence that he pleaded guilty to two felonies, including the names of the felonies. We affirm the…