State v. Nanowski

Opinion

LANDAU, J.

The defendant, Jaroslaw Nanowski, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of failure to pay wages in violation of General Statutes § 31-71c (a) and (b).1 On appeal, the defendant claims that (1) General Statutes § 31-71a et seq.2 is unconstitutional as applied to him, (2) if the statute is constitutional on its face, the trial court improperly (a) struck the defendant’s mistake of law defense and (b) failed to instruct the jury that the state was required to prove criminal intent beyond a reasonable doubt, and (3) there was insufficient evidence…