State v. Dixon

Opinion

SCHALLER, J.

The defendant, Francis R. Dixon, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of sale of a controlled substance in violation General Statutes § 21a-278 (b)1 and sale of a controlled substance within 1500 feet of a school in violation of *645General Statutes § 21a-278a (b).2 On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court improperly (1) marshaled the evidence in favor of the state in its jury instruction, thereby violating his due process right to a fair trial, and (2) failed to give a curative instruction regarding the hearsay statements of a…