Supreme Court of Connecticut
State v. Lamantia
September 3, 2020336 Conn. 747
Summary
The court affirmed the witness-tampering conviction, holding that the evidence permitted the jury to find that the defendant believed an official proceeding was probable and attempted to induce Rajewski to testify falsely in that proceeding. The court reasoned that her knowledge of the police investigation, the available witnesses and physical evidence, and her instructions that Rajewski fabricate a matching account supported the required inferences. The court also relied on the jury's rejection of the defendant's testimony denying that she sent the messages.