State v. Luca

The defendant appeals from the judgments of conviction rendered after a jury found him guilty of one count of the crime of possession of cocaine with intent to sell, in violation of General Statutes § 21a-277 (a), and three counts of the crime of sale of cocaine by a person who is not drug-dependent in violation of General Statutes § 21a-278 (b). He received a total effective sentence of thirty years imprisonment suspended after fifteen years. The defendant claims that the trial court erred in allowing the jury to determine whether the defendant had produced substantial evidence of drug…