27-12-2017 03:36 via connecticut.cbslocal.com

Convicted Murderer Loses Appeal

By DAVE COLLINS= ^Associated Press=
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ The Connecticut Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of a convicted murderer who argued the jury was tainted by testimony from a witness who said God helped him identify the defendant in a photo array.
Justices ruled 7-0 Tuesday in the case of Pedro Miranda. He is serving life in prison for the 1987 killing of 13-year-old Mayra Cruz, who disappeared while walking to school in Hartford.
The witness testified he saw Mayra get into a car a
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