State v. Parent

The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction, after a jury trial, of possession of narcotics with intent to sell in violation of General Statutes § 21a-278 (b). He claims that the trial court erred (1) by improper restriction of his right to voir dire prospective jurors, (2) by denying his motions for judgment of acquittal based on insufficiency of the evidence to support his conviction, (3) by admitting the testimony of a witness relating to the defendant’s knowledge of the nature of the substance involved, and (4) in the court’s charge to the jury on the issue of possession. We…