Supreme Court of Connecticut
State v. Stovall
April 28, 2015
Summary
The court held that the evidence was insufficient to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant intended to sell narcotics at a particular location within 1,500 feet of a public housing project. Evidence that the defendant stored and packaged drugs in an apartment within the zone supported an intent to sell but did not establish where the sales were intended to occur. The court ordered acquittal on the location-specific charge, vacated the aggregate sentence, and required resentencing on the remaining convictions.