State v. Traynham

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. RICKEY TRAYNHAM (SC 20883) Mullins, C. J., and McDonald, D’Auria, Ecker, Alexander, Dannehy and Bright, Js. Syllabus Convicted of murder, robbery in the first degree, conspiracy to commit robbery in the first degree, carrying a pistol without a permit, and criminal possession of a firearm in connection with the shooting death of the victim, the defendant appealed to this court. The defendant claimed that the trial court had improperly admitted testimony from two witnesses, S and J, about certain statements that R, the defendant’s accomplice, had made to them under the…