State v. Bryant

Opinion

FLYNN, J.

The defendant, Bernale Bryant, who had been charged with murder and was acquitted of that ciime, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of the lesser offense of intentional manslaughter in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-55 (a) (l).1

On appeal, the defendant claims that (1) the introduction, at trial, of a transcript of the testimony of a witness, Ewan Sharp, at a probable cause hearing violated his constitutional right of confrontation in that he was *490unable to cross-examine Sharp as to the benefits he received for his…