State v. Vitale

Opinion

FOTI, J.

The defendant, John E. Vitale, Jr., appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of forgery in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-139 (a) (l),1 and, following his *3conditional plea of nolo contendere,2 of being a persistent felony offender in violation of General Statutes § 53a-40 (a). The trial court sentenced the defendant to a ten year term of incarceration. On appeal, the defendant claims that the court (1) abused its discretion by admitting evidence of his prior convictions for purposes of impeachment, (2) improperly denied his…