State v. Jennings

The defendant was convicted after a jury trial of the crime of possession of cocaine with intent to sell by a person who is not drug dependent in violation of the state dependency producing drag law, General Statutes § 21a-278 (b).1 On appeal, the defendant claims the trial court erred (1) in allowing into evidence money seized at the time of arrest, (2) in allowing into evidence thirteen untested packets of suspected narcotics,, and (3) in refusing the defendant’s request to instruct the jury on “consciousness of innocence.”

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