State v. Cooke

Opinion

The defendant, Ian T. Cooke, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a, capital felony murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54b (7) and possession of a sawed-off shotgun in violation of General Statutes § 53a-211 (a). On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court erred by denying his motion to preclude a DNA 1 report offered by the state and by ruling that, because of the limited availability of the state’s expert, cross-examination of that expert would take place two days after direct…