State v. Walker

Opinion

BEAR, J.

The defendant, James E. Walker, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of one count of conspiracy to commit assault in *3the first degree in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-59 (a) (5) and 53a-48. On appeal, the defendant claims: (1) there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction because the evidence rested entirely on the testimony of a jailhouse informant, (2) the court erred in excluding the defendant from a critical stage of the proceeding when trial counsel’s possible conflict of interest was discussed in chambers, and it then…