State v. Chapman

Opinion

HEIMAN, J.

The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a trial to the court, of risk of injury to a child in violation of General Statutes (Rev. to 1993) § 53-21.1 The defendant’s motion for judgment of acquittal as to a count charging him with assault in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-60 (a) (2)2 was granted by the trial court after the state had completed presentation of its evidence. On appeal, the defendant claims that his conviction is fatally flawed because the trial court (1) permitted the defendant to be tried by the court when…