State v. Owen

Opinion

FOTI, J.

The defendant, Lonnie Owen, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a juiy trial, of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a (a). On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court improperly failed to admit into evidence a witness’ written statement. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

On January 1, 2003, at approximately 7:40 a.m., the body of Jikki Bruce was found on Center Street in Bridgeport. The cause of Bruce’s death was a single gunshot wound to his abdomen. After an investigation, the police determined that the defendant had shot…