State v. Leniart

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. GEORGE MICHAEL LENIART (SC 19809) (SC 19811) Palmer, McDonald, Robinson, D’Auria, Mullins, Kahn and Vertefeuille, Js.* Syllabus The defendant, who was convicted of capital felony and murder following the disappearance of the victim, appealed from the judgment of conviction, claiming, inter alia, that certain evidentiary rulings substantially affected the jury’s verdict and that there was insufficient evidence to sustain his conviction under the common-law corpus delicti rule. At trial, the state presented testimony from A, who had been serving a ten year sentence for a…