State v. Yates

The defendant was charged in an information with the crime of assault in the first degree in violation of § 53a-59 (a) (1) of the General Statutes and the crime of attempted robbery in the first degree in violation of § 53a-49 of the General Statutes and 1975 Public Acts, No. 75-411, § 1 (a) (1) (now § 53a-134 (a) (1) of the General Statutes). On a trial to a jury he was found guilty on both counts. He appealed from the judgment rendered on the verdict and briefed the following four issues: (1) error in the action of the trial court in compelling two of the defendant’s witnesses to testify in…