State v. Eason

Opinion

LAVERY, J.

The defendant, George Eason, appeals from the judgment, rendered after a jury trial, convicting him of sexual assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-70 (a) (l),1 and unlawful restraint in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-95 (a).2 On appeal, the defendant claims (1) that the trial court’s failure to instruct the jury on the use of prior conviction evidence coupled with the prosecutor’s comments made during closing argument constitute plain error, and (2) that his conviction of both sexual assault and unlawful restraint…