State v. Hankerson

Opinion

HARPER, J.

The defendant, Rodney Hankerson, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of felony murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54c, robbery in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-134 (a) (1) and robbery in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-134 (a) (3). The defendant claims that the court failed to explain the doctrine of proximate causation adequately in its instruction as to the crime of felony murder. We decline to review the claim and affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The jury reasonably could…