State v. Sims

The defendant is appealing from a judgment of conviction, after a jury trial, of the crimes of robbery in the second degree, in violation of General Statutes § 53a-135 (a) (1), larceny in the second degree, in violation of General Statutes § 53a-123 (a) (3), and assault of a victim sixty or older in the third degree, in violation of General Statutes § 53a-61a (a). The defendant claims that the trial court committed error (1) by denying his motion to suppress the victim’s show-up identification testimony, (2) by denying his motion for mistrial on the ground that a juror and a witness were…