State of Connecticut v. Kenneth Lee McCoy

Summary

The court held that the claimed prosecutorial improprieties did not deprive the defendant of a fair trial because most were limited in scope, the witness did not answer the improper questions, and the trial court promptly issued curative instructions. It also held that the trial court lost jurisdiction over the defendant's timely filed motion for a new trial when the sentence was executed, although the motion should have been dismissed rather than denied. The court further rejected the defendant's claims that the failure to rule before sentencing constituted reversible error or plain error.