State v. Hamilton

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. JAROD HAMILTON (SC 20806) Mullins, C. J., and McDonald, D’Auria, Ecker, Dannehy and Bright, Js.* Syllabus Convicted of murder and carrying a pistol or revolver without a permit, the defendant appealed to this court. The defendant claimed, inter alia, that the trial court had improperly admitted into evidence two recorded police interviews of C, the state’s key witness, as prior inconsistent statements under State v. Whelan ( 200 Conn. 743) and the corresponding provision (§ 8-5 (1)) of the Connecticut Code of Evidence on the ground that C’s trial testimony was not…