State v. Little

The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of conspiracy to sell a narcotic substance by a person who is not drug-dependent in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-48 (a)1 and 21a-278 (b).2 The defendant claims *844that the trial court (1) should have instructed the jury concerning the defendant’s drug dependency, and (2) should have excluded evidence concerning the defendant’s arrest in Maryland for possession of cocaine and a firearm. We agree with the defendant’s first claim and, therefore, need not reach the second.

The jury could reasonably have found…