State v. Jones

The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of con*339spiracy to commit murder in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-54a (a)1 and 53a-48 (a).2 On appeal, the defendant asserts that the trial court improperly (1) denied his motion for judgment of acquittal based on his claim that the evidence was insufficient, (2) admitted evidence of acts of prior misconduct by the defendant, and (3) denied his motion for mistrial. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The jury could reasonably have found the following facts. On April 27, 1993, at about 9 p.m., Ticey…