State v. Garcia

The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of one count of robbery in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-134 (a) (2)1 and one count of larceny in the first degree in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-119 and 53a-122 (a) (3).2 The defendant claims that the trial court improperly (1) denied his motions for judgment of acquittal on both charges when the evidence was insufficient to sustain his convictions, (2) instructed the jury on the larceny charge so as to allow a conviction of an uncharged offense, and (3) admitted a vial of…