Supreme Court of Connecticut November 12, 1985, 12035 (State v. Sinclair)

lead-opinion

Peters, C. J.

The dispositive issue on this appeal is whether the trial judge erred in failing to instruct the jury, as General Statutes § 54-84 (b)1 requires, that the jury may draw no unfavorable inferences from the defendant’s failure to testify in his own behalf.