State v. Garrett

The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of burglary in the third degree in violation of General Statutes § SSa-lCC1 and interfering with an officer in violation of General Statutes § 53a-167a.2 On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court improperly (1) denied his motion for judgment of acquittal directed to the charge of burglary in the third degree based on his assertion that the state failed to prove an essential element of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt, (2) deprived him of his right to a fair trial by permitting the state to engage…