DocketNumber: 14676
Citation Numbers: 41 Conn. App. 746
Filed Date: 6/18/1996
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 9/8/2022
The defendant, Henry W. Lekosky, appeals from his conviction, after a jury trial, of the crime of possession of narcotics in violation of General Statutes § 21a-279 (a). The defendant asserts that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction. We disagree.
The jury heard testimony from two police officers both of whom stated that while they had the defendant under surveillance they saw him throw what they believed to be, and subsequently proved to be, an object containing crack cocaine into a planter, one of many lining the street on which the defendant and his friend were walking. The defendant’s friend, who on three prior occasions had been convicted of possession of cocaine, testified to the contrary.
“In reviewing the sufficiency [of the evidence] claim, we apply a two-part test. First, we construe the evidence
In the present case, the jury, in the exercise of its fact-finding function, believed the police officers and discredited the defendant’s companion. This court will not reweigh the evidence or resolve questions of credibility in determining whether the evidence was sufficient. State v. Ogrinc, 29 Conn. App. 694, 697, 617 A.2d 924 (1992).
The judgment is affirmed.