State v. Fasano

Opinion

WEST, J.

The defendant, Robert L. Fasano, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of possession of heroin with intent to sell by a person who is not drug-dependent in violation of General Statutes § 21a-278 (b). On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court improperly (1) instructed the jury on the element of possession, (2) denied his request that his business partner’s wife, Maeyria Hernandez, be ordered to provide her fingerprints for impeachment purposes, (3) sustained the state’s hearsay objection to the defendant’s attempt to introduce certain…