State v. Sweeney

Opinion

DiPENTIMA, J.

The defendant, Jeffrey Sweeney, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of criminal trespass in the third degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-109 (a) (1). On appeal, the defendant claims that the court improperly (1) admitted testimony and physical evidence concerning a box cutter, (2) admitted evidence of his prior, uncharged misconduct, (3) excluded evidence that he sought to admit to impeach a witness’ credibility, (4) charged the jury and (5) allowed the state to comment on a missing witness during final argument. We affirm the…