State v. Lawler

The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a trial to the court, of thirty-eight counts of violating the New Britain Housing Code.1 He claims that the trial court improperly (1) admitted evidence and (2) drew an inference from his silence. He further claims that the evidence was insufficient to sustain his conviction.2 We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

*829The defendant, George Lawler, an attorney, filed an application for a commercial loan at Connecticut National Bank (CNB) for the purpose of buying a six-family house, located at 224 Washington Street, New…