State v. Daniel B.

**3The present appeal requires us to consider whether, in determining the sufficiency of the evidence to support a conviction for attempt to commit murder under the substantial step provision of General Statutes § 53a-49 (a) (2), the proper inquiry should focus on what the actor had already done or on what the actor had left to do to complete the crime of murder. In the present case, the jury found the defendant, Daniel B., guilty of attempt to commit *991murder in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-54a and 53a-49 (a) (2). Following our grant of certification,1 the defendant appeals from the…