State v. Baskins

The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction, after a jury trial, of the crime of illegal sale of narcotics in violation of General Statutes § 21a-277 (a).1 He claims that the trial court erred (1) by denying his motion for judgment of acquittal based on insufficiency of the evidence to support his conviction, (2) by admitting into evidence a brown paper bag and *315its contents and over $1000 in currency, and (3) by denying his motion for a new trial based upon improper prosecutorial argument to the jury. We find no error.

The jury could reasonably have found the following facts. On…