State of Connecticut v. Kareem Hedge

Summary

The court reversed the defendant's convictions on the drug charges, holding that the trial court improperly excluded evidence supporting a third-party culpability defense, that the evidence was insufficient to establish an intent to sell drugs within the protected area, and that retrial for the heroin component violated double jeopardy. It directed an acquittal on the location-enhanced drug charge and a new trial on the remaining drug charges, while affirming the failure-to-appear conviction. The court also concluded that a retrial on transporting cocaine with intent to sell would not violate double jeopardy because the record showed no reasonable possibility that the defendant had been acquitted of that offense at the first trial.