STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. PATRICK YOUNG (AC 37995) (AC 37997)
Alvord, Keller and Beach, Js.

Syllabus Convicted, after ajury trial, of the crimes of assault in the first degree and carrying a pistol without a permit in connection with an incident in which the defendant shot the victim, the defendant, whose probation

was revoked in connection with his conviction, appealed to this court. The defendant’s girlfriend, Z, had stolen a $6500 check, and she and the defendant asked the victim and M to assist them in cashing it. The victim and M were able to obtain $200 by depositing the check into an automated teller machine, but when they notified the defendant, he questioned whether they had received the full amount ofthe check and kept the remainder ofthe money. Z and the defendant thereafterpicked up the victim and M in Z’s car, and the defendant repeatedly questioned them regarding the money. Z drove to a wooded area and stopped the

car. The defendant then retrieved a silver .38 caliber revolver from the car’sglove compartment, againaskedaboutthemoney, forcedthevictim to exit the car, and pointed the revolver at her head. At some point, the victim was able to flee into the woods, and the defendant returned to the car, told M to exit the car, and he and Z drove away. While the victim and M walked down the road to search for help, the defendant emerged from behind some bushes, pointed the revolver at the victim’s head, and shot her with multiple bullets. At trial, the court permitted thestatetointroduceevidenceofthenamesofcertainfelonyconvictions of which the defendant, who testified at his trial, previously had been convicted. The court permitted the admission of the evidence only for the purpose of impeaching the defendant’s veracity. Held: 1. The defendant could not prevail on his claim that there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction ofassault in the first degree because of inconsistencies between the trial testimony of the victim, M and Z, and their statements to the police, there having been ample evidence from which the jury reasonably could have found that the defendant had caused serious physical injury to the victim by means of a deadly weaponandthathehadintendedtocausesuchinjury: thevictimtestified and the evidence established that the defendant had pointed a silver revolver at her head, that he had shot her in herhand and that the bullet existed through her wrist, that he had shot her under her arm, near her rib cage, that Z had directed the police to a the location in a marina where the defendant had discarded the revolver, that a silver .38 caliber revolver was recovered in that location, and that a .38 caliber bullet

was surgically removed from the victim’s torso. 2. There was no merit to the defendant’s claim that the trial court had abused its discretion in admitting into evidence the names of certain of his prior felony convictions for the purpose of impeachment; the defendant’s prior convictions for larceny and robbery related to his untruthfulness, and, therefore, theywererelevanttothejury’sevaluation ofhisveracity, the dissimilarnature ofthe crimes chargedinthepresent case, as compared to the nature of the prior felony convictions, minimized the chance that the jury would view the prior convictions as propensityevidence, andthis courtcouldnotconcludethatthe evidence of those convictions was likely to arouse the emotions of the jurors. 3. Thetrial court didnotabuse its discretionbygivingasupplemental charge to the jury in which it named the defendant’s prior felony convictions, thereby highlighting those convictions, the charge having protected the defendant from the jury’s improper use of his prior convictions as evidencethathehadcommittedthe chargedcrimes: the court, inits supplemental charge, properly instructed the jury that the defendant’s prior convictions were to be used only for assessing the defendant’s credibility, as the court in its main charge inadvertently had omitted to emphasize to the jury that the convictions were admitted for that limited purpose; moreover, contrary to the defendant’s claim, the court did notimproperlymarshalthe evidence bynamingthe defendant’spriorfelony

convictions in its supplemental charge, as the names ofthe convictions already were in evidence, and the court’s reference to them properly guided the jury in understanding the limitations on how such evidence could be used and, whenviewed in context, served to protect the defendant against the improper use of the evidence rather than to highlight adverse evidence. Argued January 31—officially released July 18, 2017 (Appeal from Superior Court, judicial district of New

Haven, B. Fischer, J.)

Procedural History Substitute information, in the first case, charging the defendant with the crimes ofassault in the first degree, attempt to commit assault in the first degree, and carrying a pistol without apermit, and substitute information, in the second case, charging the defendant with violation of probation, brought to the Superior Court inthejudicialdistrictofNewHaven,wherethefirstcase
wastriedtothejurybeforeB. Fischer, J.; thereafter, the courtdeniedthe defendant’smotiontopreclude certain evidence; verdict of guilty of assault in the first degree and carrying a pistol without a permit; subsequently, the second case was tried to the court; judgment in accordance withthe verdict andjudgment revokingthe defendant’s probation, from which the defendant filed separate appeals with this court; thereafter, this court consolidated the appeals. Affirmed

. Mary Boehlert, assigned counsel, for the appellant (defendant).
James M. Ralls, assistant state’s attorney, with whom, on the brief, werePatrick Griffin, state’s attorney, and John Doyle, senior assistant state’s attorney, for the appellee (state).Opinion BEACH, J. Inthis consolidatedappeal, the defendant, Patrick Young, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-59 (a) (1) and carrying a pistol without a permit in violation of General Statutes § 29-35, and the judgment revoking his probation. The defendant claims that (1) there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction for assault in the first degree, (2) the trial court abused its discretion by admitting into evidence the names of his prior felony convictions, and (3) the court abused its discretion by giving a supplemental charge to the jury in which it named the defendant’s prior convictions. We disagree and affirm thejudgments ofthe trial court.
The following facts, as reasonably could have been foundbythejury, andproceduralhistoryare relevantto thisappeal. Thedefendant’sgirlfriend, MariaZambrano, worked as a home health care aide and stole a $6500 check from one of her patients. After Zambrano told the defendant about the stolen check, the defendant, who did not have a bank account, approached Diane Turner, his cousin, and Jessica McFadden, Turner’s roommate, for assistance in cashing the check. Zambrano, Turner, McFadden, and the defendant rode together in Zambrano’s car in order to cash the check. McFadden was unable to cash the check at the first bank that she tried because the check was postdated; the defendant then had Zambrano alter the date on the check. At a second bank, McFadden was able to obtain $200 by depositing the check into an automatic teller machine. The bank later informed McFadden that the check was stolen and that she would be arrested ifshe did not repay the bank $200. The defendant became angry when he was told that the check would not be cashed for its entire amount. He thought that Turner and McFadden had lied to him, cashed the check, and kept for themselves the full amount of $6500.
On the night of the following day, June 24, 2013, Zambrano and the defendant picked up Turner and McFadden at their New Haven residence under the guise of driving to Hamden to retrieve $200 so that McFadden could repay the bank. While Zambrano drove, the defendant repeatedly questioned Turner and McFadden about whatthey did with the $6500 and why they had not given it to him. Zambrano stopped the vehicle on a dark road near a wooded area. The defendant again asked Turner and McFadden aboutthe location ofthe money. The defendant reached into the car’s glove compartment, retrieved a silver revolver, waved the revolver in the direction of the backseat where Turner and McFadden were seated, and again asked where the money was. The defendant forced Turner to exit the car. Thedefendant pointed the revolver at Turner’s head, and she pleaded for her life. At some point, Turner ran into the woods and yelled for McFadden to follow. The defendantthenreturnedtothe car, pointedthe revolver at McFadden, told her to exit the car, and he and Zambrano drove away. McFadden found Turner in the woods, andtheyhid. Theythenleftthewoodedareaand walkeddownthe roadto searchforhelp. The defendant jumped out from behind bushes and pointed the gun at Turner’s head; Turner raised her hands. The defendant said that Turner was throwing him under the bus. He then shot Turner in her left palm, and the bullet exited by her wrist. The defendant fired more shots, and one bullet hit Turner under her right arm near her rib cage. The defendant then ran away, and McFadden and Turner hid in the woods before flagging down a work crew for assistance.
Turner was taken to Yale-New Haven Hospital and treated forherinjuries. Doctors were unable to remove
a .38 caliber bullet at that time, but it was surgically removed months laterwhen it migrated near her spine. Zambrano informed the police that she had accompanied the defendant to a marina where he threw the revolver offthe dock. Apolice dive team recovered the revolver, whichwas a .38 caliberstainless steel Smith & Wesson revolver. Following ajurytrial, the defendantwas convicted of assaultinthefirstdegree andcarryingapistolwithouta permit.1 The defendant was on probation at the time, and the court found him to be in violation ofhis probation. The defendant was sentenced to a total effective sentence of thirty-one years incarceration, execution suspended after twenty-four years, with five years of probation. This consolidated appeal followed.2
I
The defendant first claims thatthere was insufficient evidence to supporthis conviction ofassaultinthe first degree. We disagree. ‘‘In reviewing a sufficiency ofthe evidence claim, we apply a two part test. First, we construe the evidence in the light most favorable to sustaining the verdict. Second, we determine whether upon the facts so construed and the inferences reasonably drawn therefrom the [jury] reasonably could have concluded that the cumulative force of the evidence established guilt beyond a reasonable doubt

. . . . This court cannot substitute its ownjudgment for that ofthejury ifthere is sufficient evidence to support thejury’s verdict.

. . . Moreover, we do not ask whether there is a reasonable view of the evidence that would support a reasonable hypothesisofinnocence. Weask, instead,whetherthere is a reasonable view of the evidence that supports the jury’s verdict ofguilty.’’ (Citation omitted; internal quotation marks omitted.) State v. Revels, 313 Conn. 762,778, 99 A.3d 1130 (2014), cert. denied, U.S. , 135 S. Ct. 1451, 191 L. Ed. 2d 404 (2015).
General Statutes § 53a-59 (a) (1) provides in relevant part: ‘‘A person is guilty of assault in the first degree when

. . . [w]ith intent to cause serious physical injury to anotherperson, he causes such injury to such person

. . . by means of a deadly weapon or a dangerous instrument

. . . .’’ General Statutes § 53a-3 (6) defines ‘‘deadly weapon’’ as ‘‘any weapon, whether loaded or unloaded, from which a shot may be discharged

. . . .’’ Thus, the state was required to prove thatthe defendant (1) intended to cause Turner serious physical injury and (2) caused such injury to her by
means of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument.
The defendant argues that the state’s case rested largely on inconsistent and unreliable testimony of three witnesses—Turner, McFadden, and Zambrano. He arguesthatthetrialtestimonyofTurner, McFadden, and Zambrano differed from statements that each had given to the police regarding the number ofshots fired, whether the defendant left and then returned to the crime scene, whether the defendant ordered Turner onto her hands and knees rather than to put her hands behind her back, whether the defendant pulled Turner out ofthe car or ordered her to do so herself, whether McFaddenalonereceivedthe checkfromthe defendant and Zambrano rather than Turner and McFadden together receiving the check, and whether the defendant fired shots at Turner and then left or whether Turner and McFadden ran into the woods before the defendantfiredashotandonlyuponTurnerandMcFadden leaving the woods did the defendant fire the gun atTurner. The defendantfurthercontendsthat, because ofthe inconsistencies in the evidence presented by the state, the state failed to present sufficient evidence to sustain his conviction.
The defendant claims that the evidence was insufficientbecause ofinconsistencies betweenthe trialtestimony ofTurner, McFadden, and Zambrano, on the one hand, and their police statements, on the other hand. Such inconsistencies do not undermine the sufficiency of the evidence but more aptly affect the credibility of the witnesses.3 See, e.g., State v. Franklin, 115 Conn. App. 290, 292, 972 A.2d 741, cert. denied, 293 Conn. 929, 980A.2d915 (2009). Credibilitydeterminationsrestwith the jury. ‘‘[E]vidence is not insufficient

. . . because it is conflicting or inconsistent.

. . . It is the [jury’s] exclusive province to weigh the conflicting evidence and to determine the credibility ofwitnesses.

. . . The [jury] can

. . . decide what—all, none, or some—of a witness’ testimonyto accept orreject.’’ (Internal quotationmarks omitted.)Statev.Rodriguez, 133 Conn. App. 721, 726, 36A.3d 724 (2012), aff’d, 311 Conn. 80, 83 A.3d 595 (2014).
There was ample evidence from which the jury rea-sonably could have found that the defendant caused serious physical injury to Turner by means of a deadly weapon and that he intended to cause such serious physical injury. Turner testified that the defendant pointed a silver revolver at her and that she pleaded forherlife. She furthertestifiedthatthe defendant shot her onthe top ofherleft hand andthatthe bullet exited
near her wrist. She stated that the defendant also shot her under her right arm near her ribcage. Zambrano showed the police the location in a marina where the defendant had discarded the revolver, and the police recovereda.38caliberstainlesssteelsnubnose Smith& Wessonrevolverfromthatlocation. Subsequently, a .38 caliber bullet was surgically removed from Turner’s torso. Thejuryreasonably could have inferredfromthe defendant’s conduct ofpointing the revolver at Turner and pulling the trigger,4 and from the resultant injury to Turner’s wrist andtorso, thatthe defendantintended to cause serious physical injury to her. See State v. Papandrea, 120Conn.App. 224, 230, 991A.2d617(2010) (intentmaybe inferredfromconductandjurymayinfer defendant intended natural consequences of actions), aff’d, 302 Conn. 340, 26 A.3d 75 (2011). Accordingly, therewassufficientevidencetosupportthe defendant’s conviction of assault in the first degree
II
The defendant next claims thatthe trial court abused its discretionby admittingthe names ofhis priorfelony convictions into evidence.5 We disagree.
At the close ofthe state’s case, the defendant’s attorneyreferredto anin-chambers discussion and objected to the state’s proposed admission into evidence of the
names of the defendant’s prior felony convictions during the cross-examination of the defendant. The court noted that, pursuant to § 6.7 of the Connecticut Code of Evidence, evidence of a felony conviction may be admissible for the purpose of impeachment. The court reasoned that it would allow the felonies to be named because the names of three felonies provided more specific guidance as to the defendant’s veracity. In the
course ofhisdirectexamination, the defendanttestified that, in March, 2009, he was convicted of two felonies arising from one incident and that, in 2012, he was convicted of a third felony. On cross-examination by the state, the defendant testified that he had been convicted of conspiracy to commit larceny in the second degree, conspiracy to commit robbery in the first degree, and criminal attempt to commit robbery in the first degree. He furthertestified that he was aware that,
as aresult ofhis felony convictions, he was not permitted to possess a firearm. ‘‘It is well settled that evidence that a criminal defendant has been convicted of crimes on a prior occasion is not generally admissible.

. . . There are, however, several well recognized exceptions to this rule, one ofwhichis that [a] criminal defendantwho haspreviously been convicted ofa crime carrying a term ofimprisonment of more than one year may be impeached by the state if his credibility is in issue.

. . . In its discretion
a trial court may properly admit evidence ofprior convictions provided that the prejudicial effect of such evidence does not far outweigh its probative value.

. . . [Our Supreme Court] has identifiedthree factors which determine whether aprior conviction maybe admitted: (1) the extent of the prejudice likely to arise; (2) the significance of the commission of the particular crime in indicating untruthfulness; and (3) its remoteness in time.

. . . A trial court’s decision denying a motion to exclude a witness’ prior record, offered to attack his credibility, will be upset only if the court abused its discretion.

. . . Those three factors have been incorporated in [the Connecticut] [C]ode of [E]vidence. Conn. Code Evid. § 6-7 (a).’’ (Citation omitted; internal quotationmarksomitted.)Statev. Ciccio, 77Conn.App. 368, 385–86, 823 A.2d 1233, cert. denied, 265 Conn. 905, 831 A.2d 251 (2003).
There is no doubt that ifevidence ofa felony conviction is otherwise admissible, the name of the crime is generally also admissible. See Conn. Code Evid. § 6-7 (c) (‘‘[i]f, for purposes of impeaching the credibility of
a witness, evidence is introduced that the witness has been convicted of a crime, the court shall limit the evidence to the name of the crime

. . . except that

. . . the court may exclude evidence of the name of the crime

. . . .’’ [emphasis added]). As indicated in § 6-7, the courthas discretionto admitthe prior conviction as an unnamed felony. Factors to consider include whether the prior crime reflects directly on credibility and whether the prejudice inherent in the name of the crime outweighs the probative impeaching value. See State v

. Crumpton, 202 Conn. 224, 232–33, 520 A.2d 226 (1987); State v. Geyer, 194 Conn. 1, 16, 480 A.2d 489 (1984). ‘‘[I]n evaluating the separate ingredients to be weighed in the balancing process, there is no way to quantify them in mathematical terms.

. . . Therefore, [t]he trial court has wide discretion in this balancing determination and every reasonable presumption shouldbegiveninfavorofthe correctness ofthe court’s ruling

. . . . Reversal is required only where an abuse of discretion is manifest or where injustice appears to have been done.

. . . The burden lies with the party objecting to the admission of evidence ofprior convictions to demonstrate the prejudice that is likelyto arise from its admission.

. . . The test for determining whether evidence is unduly prejudicial is not whether it is damaging to the defendant but whether it will improperly arouse the emotions ofthejury.’’ (Citations omitted; internal quotation marks omitted.) State v. Muhammad, 91 Conn. App. 392, 397–98, 881 A.2d 468, cert. denied, 276 Conn. 922, 888 A.2d 90 (2005).The defendant argues that the admission into evidence ofthenames ofthethreepriorfelonyconvictions
was more prejudicial thanprobative, and that the court thus abused its discretion in allowing the names ofthe felonies to be admitted into evidence. He contends that the theory ofhis defense was that he did not intentionallypullthetrigger, but, instead, Turnerinitiatedastruggle with him over control ofthe revolver, which caused Turner to be shot. He further argues that evidence regarding the convictions did not provide a material benefit to the jury and misled the jury to believe that he was more likely to have committed the crimes at issue in the present case because he had committed three felonies in the past. Assault in the first degree and carrying a pistol without a permit, the crimes alleged in this case, are not strikinglysimilarto the crimes ofconspiracyto commit larceny in the second degree, conspiracy to commit robbery in the first degree, and attempt to commit robbery in the first degree, the names of the prior convictions with which the defendant’s credibility was impeached. Indeed, the defendant acknowledges in his appellate briefthatthe prior convictions bore ‘‘no similarity’’ to the crimes for which he was charged. The dissimilar nature of the crimes charged, as compared to the nature of the prior convictions, minimized the chance that the jury would view the convictions as propensity evidence. Cf. State v. Nardini, 187 Conn. 513, 522, 447 A.2d 396 (1982) (‘‘[w]here the prior crime is quite similar to the offense being tried, a high degree ofprejudice is created and a strong showing ofprobative value would be necessary to warrant admissibility’’).
The crimes involving larceny and robbery6 for which the defendant was convicted on prior occasions were significant in indicating untruthfulness. ‘‘[Our Supreme Court] has recognized that crimes involving larcenous intent imply ageneral disposition toward dishonesty or
atendencyto make false statements.

. . . [I]n common human experience acts of deceit, fraud, cheating, or stealing

. . . are universally regarded as conduct which reflects on a [person’s] honesty and integrity

. . . .’’ (Internal quotation marks omitted.) State v. Banks, 58 Conn. App. 603, 616, 755 A.2d 279, cert. denied, 254 Conn. 923, 761 A.2d 755 (2000). ‘‘[C]rimes involving larcenous intent imply a general disposition toward dishonesty

. . . . Convictions ofthis sort obviously bear heavily on the credibility of one who has been convicted of them. The probative value of such convictions, therefore, may often outweigh any prejudice engenderedbytheiradmission.’’ (Citation omitted; internal quotation marks omitted.) State v. Geyer, 194 Conn. 1, 12, 480 A.2d 489 (1984).
The defendant argues that the naming of his prior convictions was of no material benefit to the jury.Becausethepriorconvictionsrelatedtountruthfulness, however, the names ofthe prior convictions were relevantto thejury’s evaluation ofthe defendant’sveracity. SeeStatev. Crumpton, supra, 202 Conn. 233. The court, therefore, did not abuse its discretion in allowing into evidence the names ofthe prior convictions. ‘‘Although the probative value ofevidence ofhis prior convictions is certainly damaging to [the defendant’s] credibility, that does not necessarily impart an undue degree of prejudicial effect as well.

. . . The test for determining whether evidence is unduly prejudicial is not whether it is damaging to the defendant but whether it will improperly arouse the emotions of the jury.’’ (Citation omitted; emphasis omitted; internal quotation marks omitted.) State v. Muhammad, supra, 91 Conn. App. 398. We are not persuaded that the evidence of the prior convictions was likely to arouse the emotions of the jurors.
We conclude that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting evidence of the names of the defendant’spriorconvictionsinvolvinglarcenyandrobbery for the purpose of impeachment.
III
The defendant last claims that the trial court abused its discretion by giving a supplemental charge to the jury in which it named the defendant’s prior felony convictions after deliberations had begun, thus unduly highlighting the prior convictions. The defendant also argues that the court’s supplemental charge unfairly prejudiced him by marshaling the evidence.7 We disagree.
After the state rested, the defendant’s attorney informedthe courtthatthe defendantdecidedtotestify. Following closing arguments and outside the presence ofthejury, the court invited comment from counsel on its draft jury charge, which had been sent to counsel by e-mail days earlier; the draft charge contained no instructionregardingthe use ofprior convictions. Later that day, the court instructed the jury, and the jury began deliberating. The next morning, the court informed counsel that it intended to supplement the jurycharge byinstructingthejurythatit could consider the defendant’s prior convictions only for the purpose ofassessingthe defendant’scredibility. The defendant’s attorneyobjected, arguingthatthesupplementalcharge
was prejudicial because it marshaled the evidence and because it would emphasize the prior convictions after deliberations had begun. The court stated that because the defendant’s prior convictions were in evidence, it wanted to make clear to thejury that the prior convictions were to be used only for the purpose ofassessing the defendant’s credibility. The court did not want the jury to infer from the prior convictions that the defendant was likely to have committed the crimes charged. The court stated that the supplemental charge was ‘‘for. . . the protection of the defendant

. . . .’’
The court then instructed thejury as follows: ‘‘I have
one more page of a charge that I inadvertently did not give you yesterday, a charge meaning this is the law that you’re to apply to the facts that you find, and I’m going to read that to you now. It’s going to be—It is part ofthe charge. We literally are going to plug it into the charge you have in there, its going to page 20a, and it’s as follows, and this is the law. Impeachment, prior convictions of a witness. Evidence that one ofthe witnesses, [the defendant], was previously convicted of a crime or crimes is only admissible on the question of the credibility of that witness, that is, the weight that youwill give the witness’ testimony. The witness’ criminal record bears only on this witness’ credibility and the onewitnesswas [the defendant] andthe convictions
are as follows: conspiracy to commit larceny in the second degree, attempt to commit robbery in the first degree, conspiracy to commit robbery in the first degree. Itisyourdutytodeterminewhetherthiswitness is to be believed wholly or partly or not at all. You may consider the witness’ prior convictions in weighing the credibility ofthis witness and give suchweightto those facts thatyou decide is fairandreasonable in determining the credibility of this witness.’’ ‘‘The standard of review for claims of instructional impropriety is well established. [I]ndividual jury instructions should not bejudged in artificial isolation, butmustbeviewedinthe context ofthe overall charge.

. . . The pertinent test is whether the charge, read in its entirety, fairly presents the case to the jury in such
a way that injustice is not done to either party under the established rules of law.

. . . Thus, [t]he whole charge must be considered from the standpoint of its effect on the [jurors] in guiding them to the proper verdict

. . . and not critically dissected in a microscopic search for possible error.’’ (Internal quotation marks omitted.) State v. Peeler, 271 Conn. 338, 360–61, 857 A.2d 808 (2004), cert. denied, 546 U.S. 845, 126 S. Ct. 94, 163 L. Ed. 2d 110 (2005). ‘‘In evaluating the propriety of a supplemental charge, we must examine both the main and supplemental charge as a whole.’’ State v. Miller, 36 Conn. App. 506, 514, 651 A.2d 1318, cert. denied, 232 Conn. 912, 654 A.2d 357 (1995).
Practice Book § 42-24 provides in relevant part that ‘‘[t]hejudicial authority

. . . upon its own motion

. . . may recall the jury to the courtroom and give it additional instructions in order to

. . . [i]nstruct the jury
on any matter which should have been covered in the original instructions.’’ The decision whether to add a supplemental instruction lies within the sound discretion of the court; State v. Fletcher, 10 Conn. App. 697, 703, 525 A.2d 535 (1987), aff’d, 207 Conn. 191, 540 A.2d 370 (1988); andthe additionalinstruction, like anyother instruction, is to be read in the context of the chargeas a whole. State v. Wokoma, 37 Conn. App. 35, 39, 656 A.2d 226, cert. denied, 233 Conn. 905, 657 A.2d 645 (1995).
The supplemental charge informed the jury of the proper use of evidence of the defendant’s prior felony convictions. The court had admitted the evidence of the defendant’sprior convictions forimpeachmentpurposes only. Section 4-5 (a) of the Connecticut Code of Evidence provides that ‘‘[e]vidence of other crimes, wrongs or acts ofa person is inadmissible to prove the bad character or criminal tendencies of that person.’’ The main charge apparently had inadvertently omitted the instruction emphasizing the limited purpose for which this evidence could be used. The court’s supplemental charge, however, properly instructed the jury that the defendant’s prior convictions were not to be used as evidence that he committedthe crimes charged but, rather, were only to be used in assessing his credibility. Thesupplementalchargeprotectedthedefendant from thejury’s use ofhis prior convictions as evidence of his guilt of the current charged offenses; giving the charge, therefore, was well within the court’s discretion. Further, the court did not improperly marshal the evidence by naming the defendant’s prior convictions.8 The names of the three prior convictions were in evidence. The court’s reference to them properly guided the jury to understand the limitations on how such evidence could be used and, viewed in context, was part of an instruction to protect the defendant against improperuse ofthe evidence, not aninstructionmerely to highlight adverse evidence. Accordingly, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in giving its supplemental charge.
The judgments are affirmed.
In this opinion the other judges concurred.

1 Thejury found the defendant not guilty of attempt to commit assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-49 (a) (2) and 53a59 (a) (1).

2 The defendant filed two separate appeals. Pursuant to Practice Book § 61-7 (3), this court sua sponte ordered that the appeals in AC 37995 and AC 37997 be consolidated. The appeal from the violation ofprobation raises

no independent issues.

3 The defendant also argues that, according to his own testimony, Turner reached for the revolver, initiated a struggle during which the revolver fired

a shot, and the defendant did not intend that Turner be shot. The existence of contrary testimony does not undermine the sufficiency of the evidence supporting the conviction. Credibility determinations are within the sole province of the jury. See State v. Rodriguez, 133 Conn. App. 721, 725–28, 36 A.3d 724 (2012), aff’d, 311 Conn. 80, 83 A.3d 595 (2014).

4 There wastestimonythataminimum oftentotwelvepounds ofpressure
was required to pull the trigger.

5 The defendant’s attorney objected at trial onlyto the naming ofthe three prior felony convictions. There was no objection to the admission of those convictions without naming them. We review only the preserved claim of evidentiary error. See, e.g., State v. Francis D., 75 Conn. App. 1, 11, 815 A.2d 191, cert. denied, 263 Conn. 909, 819 A.2d 842 (2003).

6 Larceny generally is an element of robbery. See, e.g., General Statutes § 53a-133.

7 The defendant also argues that the court abused its discretion in readingthe supplemental charge without reading the entire charge again and inserting the additional language. The defendant did not raise this issue before the trial court, and we decline to review it. See, e.g., State v. Francis D., 75 Conn. App. 1, 11, 815 A.2d 191, cert. denied, 263 Conn. 909, 819 A.2d 842 (2003).

8 ‘‘Atrial court has broad discretion to comment on the evidence adduced in a criminal trial.

. . . A jury trial in which the judge is deprived of the right to comment on the evidence and to express his opinion as to the facts

. . . is not the jury trial which we inherited.

. . . A trial court often has not only the right, but also the duty to comment on the evidence.

. . . The principal function of ajury charge is to assist the jury in applying the law correctly to the facts which they might find to be established

. . . and therefore, we have stated that a charge must go beyond a bare statement ofaccurate legalprinciples to the extent ofindicatingto thejurythe application of those principles to the facts claimed to have been proven.

. . . The purpose of marshalling the evidence, a more elaborate manner ofjudicial commentary, is to provide a fair summary of the evidence, and nothing more; to attain that purpose, the [trial] judge must show strict impartiality.’’ (Citations omitted; internal quotation marks omitted.) State v. Hernandez, 218 Conn. 458, 461–63, 590 A.2d 112 (1991). Inthis case, the only ‘‘marshaling’’ was arecitationthatthe defendanthad testified and thatthe named convictions had been introduced into evidence.