State of Connectciut v. Sean Adams

The defendant, Sean Adams, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of murder in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-54a (a) and 53a-8 (a),1 conspiracy to commit murder in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-48 (a)2 and 53a-54a (a), and two counts of assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-59 (a)(5)3 and 53a-8 (a). The defendant claims that the court improperly (1) admitted the testimony of an expert witness and (2) denied the defendant's motions for a mistrial due to prosecutorial misconduct. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.



        The defendant and three fellow members of a street gang, Darcus Henry, Carlos Ashe and Johnny Johnson, each were charged in a four count substitute information with murder, conspiracy to commit murder and two counts of assault in the first degree for firing automatic or semiautomatic weapons at three unarmed members of a rival street gang. All four cases were consolidated and tried jointly before a twelve person jury. The jury found the defendant and Darcus Henry guilty as charged, and both men appealed.



        The defendant's claims were fully addressed and rejected by this court in the companion case of State v. Henry, 72 Conn.App. 640, 805 A.2d 823 (2002), which we also have decided today. That decision therefore is dispositive of the defendant's claims.

Affirmed