State v. Widget

The defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction after a jury trial on a charge of possession of cocaine with intent to sell or dispense, a violation of General Statutes § 21a-277 (a).1 His only claim on appeal is that the trial court’s instructions on circumstantial evidence constituted plain error and denied him due process of law. We find no error.

The jury could reasonably have found the following facts. On October 10,1984, at approximately 7:30 p.m., five officers of the Stamford police department surrounded a single-family two-story residence at 223 Henry Street,2 Stamford,…