State v. Ramirez

The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of the crime of attempted robbery in the first degree, in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-49 and 53a-134 (a) (3). The defendant claims that the trial court erred (1) in refusing to instruct the jury that an unfavorable inference could be drawn from the state’s failure to produce a witness, (2) in failing to instruct the jury, sua sponte, on the victim’s interest in the case, and (3) in allowing into evidence, without any limiting instruction, evidence of the use of narcotics by the defendant. We find no…