State v. Shaw

The defendant appeals from the judgments of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of four counts of conspiracy to commit forgery in the second degree in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-48 and 53a-139 (a) (3). He was tried with a codefendant, Romane Moore, who was found guilty of four counts of forgery in the second degree, in violation of General Statutes § 53a-139 (a) (2). The charges against the codefendants arose out of the same factual circumstances, although Moore was not charged with conspiracy.1

This case involves a scheme to procure, for a profit, forged Connecticut drivers’…