State v. Pare

Opinion

FOTI, J.

The defendant, Joseph Pare, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of murder in violation of General Statutes § SSa-bJa.1 On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court improperly (1) allowed evidence of a prior statement by the defendant, which was contained in his medical records, for purposes of impeachment, (2) instructed the jury on reasonable doubt and (3) instructed the jury on the presumption of innocence. We affirm the judgment of the trial court

The jury reasonably could have found the following facts. The defendant, who had a…