State v. Rosado

Aaron McCrae was shot to death near a New Haven train station in retaliation for an earlier murder; Geraldo Rosado, Luis Santana, and Juan Nunez (defendants) were arrested for the killing. Rosado initially denied involvement to police but later admitted being present when drug dealer Primo ordered McCrae killed, when Primo handed Santana the murder weapons, and at the scene of the shooting itself, and admitted fleeing afterward to Nunez's house to meet Santana; his DNA, along with Santana's and Nunez's, was found on the handgrips of both guns later recovered at Nunez's house. Rosado was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder and moved for acquittal, arguing the State lacked any direct evidence that he agreed to join the conspiracy.