Supreme Court of Connecticut

State v. Rhodes

October 13, 2020

Summary

The concurrence joins the majority in concluding that the evidence was sufficient for a rational jury to find that the defendant constructively possessed the firearm. It emphasizes that the issue was close because the defendant's flight could have resulted from fear of the police or the armed passenger, but those alternative explanations did not permit the court to displace the jury's rational inference. The concurrence therefore supports affirmance of the defendant's conviction.