State v. Williams

After a jury trial, the defendant, Stanley Williams, was convicted of possession of a weapon inside a state correctional institution in violation of General Statutes § 53a-174a.1 This conviction stemmed from an incident in the Connecticut Correctional Institution at Somers. A correctional officer, while searching the defendant following a disturbance, found a shank (a steel rod sharpened to a point attached to a wooden handle) concealed under the defendant’s left pant leg stuck into his sock. On appeal, the defendant presses two claims of error: First, he claims that *3his right to a fair and…