State v. Streater

The defendant appeals1 from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a2 and carrying a pistol without a permit in violation of Gen*347eral Statutes § 29-35.3 The defendant claims that the trial court improperly (1) denied the defendant his constitutional right to confront his accusers, (2) charged the jury that it could draw an adverse inference from the defendant’s failure to call a particular witness, (3) charged the jury regarding “consciousness of guilt,” and (4) denied the defendant’s motion to suppress out-of-court…