State v. Timmons

In this appeal from his conviction of manslaughter in the first degree, a violation of General Statutes § 53a-55 (a) (l),1 the defendant, Thomas Timmons, has raised two issues. He claims that his conviction should be set aside because (1) the trial court, Callahan, J., failed to afford him a probable cause hearing on the crime of murder with which he had originally been charged, and (2) the trial court, Stodolink, J., misinstructed the jury on the inferences that might be drawn from the defendant’s flight from the scene of the crime. These claims of error were first presented to, and rejected…