State of Connecticut v. Kenneth M. Weatherspoon

Summary

The court affirmed the defendant's convictions, holding that the prosecutor's comment about the defendant testifying after hearing the evidence was a permissible specific tailoring argument because it was tied to evidence supporting an inference that his testimony was fabricated. The court declined to decide whether generic tailoring arguments violate the state constitution and rejected the defendant's alternative claims of prosecutorial impropriety, plain error, and supervisory relief. Assuming without deciding that the prosecutor improperly suggested that acquittal required finding an officer had lied, the court concluded that the conduct did not deprive the defendant of a fair trial.