State v. Alvarado

Opinion

SPEAR, J.

The defendant, Jose Alvarado, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of one count of sale of narcotics by a person who is not drug-dependent in violation of General Statutes § 21a-278 (b)1 and one count of sale of narcotics within 1500 feet of a school in violation of General Statutes § 21a-278a (b).2 The defendant claims that (1) the trial *104court improperly denied his motion for judgment of acquittal based on insufficient evidence and (2) there was insufficient evidence to support the jury’s conclusion that the defendant was not drug-dependent at…