State v. Holmes

The defendant, Daquan Holmes, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a 1 and criminal attempt to commit murder in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-49 2 and 53a-54a. On appeal, the defendant claims that (1) the trial court abused its discretion in denying his motion for a new trial, (2) the prosecutor engaged in prosecutorial impropriety, and (3) even if his due process rights were not violated, this court should exercise its supervisory powers and set aside his conviction due to deliberate prosecutorial…