State v. Francis

Opinion

ALVORD, J.

The defendant, Maurice Francis, appeals from the trial court’s judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a. On appeal, the defendant claims that the court improperly (1) denied his motion to suppress statements that he had given police officers in the absence of Miranda 1 warnings; (2) (a) determined in a pretrial ruling that he was competent to stand trial, and (b) denied his defense counsel’s requests for an additional competency evaluation made during the trial proceedings; (3) forced him to choose between his…