State v. Thomas

After a trial to a jury, the defendant was convicted of robbery in the third degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-136 (a), and of assault in the third degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-61 (a) (1). The court denied the defendant’s motion for acquittal, and the defendant has appealed claiming three errors in the charge to the jury and claiming error in the court’s failure to excuse a venireman for cause.

From the evidence presented at the trial, the jury could readily have found the following facts: On September 27, 1978, at about 3 a.m., the complainant returned to her…