State v. Capasso

2 Citing cases

  1. State v. Shawn G.

    208 Conn. App. 154 (Conn. App. Ct. 2021)   Cited 8 times

    " (Internal quotation marks omitted.) State v. Capasso , 203 Conn. App. 333, 338–39, 248 A.3d 58, cert. denied, 336 Conn. 939, 249 A.3d 352 (2021). A

  2. State v. Stephenson

    207 Conn. App. 154 (Conn. App. Ct. 2021)   Cited 5 times
    Concluding that statutory definition of term "physical evidence" did not apply to crime of tampering or fabricating physical evidence

    (Emphasis added; internal quotation marks omitted.) State v. Capasso , 203 Conn. App. 333, 338, 248 A.3d 58, cert. denied, 336 Conn. 939, 249 A.3d 352 (2021) ; see also State v. Sivri , supra, 231 Conn. at 130, 646 A.2d 169 (proof beyond reasonable doubt properly may be based on chain of inferences, each link of which may depend for its validity on validity of prior link in chain); State v. James , 141 Conn. App. 124, 132, 60 A.3d 1011 (same), cert. denied, 308 Conn. 932, 64 A.3d 331 (2013). In the present case, the totality of the evidence presented by the state regarding the defendant's actions, and the permissible inferences drawn therefrom, support the jury's finding that the defendant intended to tamper with evidence.