State v. Ashby

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. LAZALE ASHBY (SC 18190) Robinson, C. J., and Palmer, McDonald, D’Auria, Mullins, Kahn and Ecker, Js.* Syllabus Convicted of the crimes of capital felony, murder, felony murder, sexual assault in the first degree, kidnapping in the first degree, and burglary in the first degree in connection with the stabbing and strangulation of the victim in her apartment, the defendant appealed to this court. The police arrested the defendant when his DNA profile was matched to DNA taken from the victim’s vaginal swab, and, after the defendant was confronted with that evidence, he…