State v. Wiggins

Opinion

FOTI, J.

The defendant, Jimmy L. Wiggins, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of sale of cocaine in violation of General Statutes § 21a-277 (a).1 The sole issue on appeal is whether the court improperly refused to instruct the jury on cross-*705racial identification as requested by the defendant. We conclude that the defendant was not entitled to such an instruction and, therefore, affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The jury reasonably could have found the following facts. On the evening of November 4, 1998, Michael Cancellaro, an undercover police…