State v. Ralph

The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction, after a jury trial, of conspiracy to commit robbery in the second degree in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-135 (a) (2) and 53a-48. The conviction stemmed from an attempted robbery at a convenience store. The sole issue is whether, because the defendant neither filed a request to charge nor excepted to the charge as given, the trial court’s instructions regarding the testimony of an accomplice constituted plain error.1 We conclude that the court’s instruction on accomplice testimony is not reviewable under the plain error doctrine.

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