Man Convicted of Shooting at Berlin Police Loses Appeal

The state Appellate Court tossed out the appeal of the man convicted of shooting at three Berlin Police officers responding to a domestic disturbance call in 2012.

Lawyers for Jeffrey Yeaw sought to overturn his conviction and his 48-year prison sentence for felony assault. In a decision released Monday, the court rejected Yeaw’s argument to overturn his conviction because his rights were violated when the trial court did not order a competency evaluation, didn’t provide enough evidence to justify conviction on six counts of attempted assault and erred in allowing testimony included in arrest warrants, according to The Courant.

Yeaw was convicted by a jury in 2013 on three counts of attempted first-degree assault and three of attempted first-degree assault on police officers.

He was accused of firing at three officers who responded to the home of Yeaw’s uncle who called police, reporting there was a domestic incident, according to The Courant report that can be found here.