State v. MacK

Opinion

SCHALLER, J.

The defendant, Ricardo Mack, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of one count of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a (a) and two counts of assault in the first degree with a firearm in violation of General Statutes § 53a-59 (a) (5). On appeal, the defendant claims it was improper for the court to admit handwritten notes discovered in another inmate’s cell as evidence of the defendant’s consciousness of guilt on the grounds that (1) the evidence was irrelevant and (2) its admission violated his federal constitutional rights. We…