State v. Moran

Opinion

DALY, J.

The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of robbery in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-134 (a) (3). The defendant claims that the trial court improperly (1) instructed the jury that the defendant was required to prove his assertions by a fair preponderance of the evidence and (2) allowed rebuttal testimony that impeached the defendant on a collateral matter.

The juiy reasonably could have found the following facts. On July 17,1996, at about 9:30 p.m., Sundeep Gill, age sixteen, was working as a cashier at a…