State v. Francis

Opinion

NORCOTT, J.

The defendant, Kermit Francis, was convicted by a jury of murder in violation of General *341Statutes § 53a-54a (a),1 carrying a pistol without a permit in violation of General Statutes § 29-35,2 and altering or removing an identification mark on a pistol in violation of General Statutes § 29-36.3 The defendant appeals4 from the judgment of the trial court.5 He claims that the trial court improperly: (1) refused to allow him to introduce evidence that two key state’s witnesses were gang members, in violation of his constitutional rights *342to due process, to confrontation and to…