Legal Opinion
State v. Falcon
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided December 17, 1991No. 9554PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDupont, C. J.
The defendant was charged in a two count information with the crimes of murder, in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a,1 and assault in the third degree, in violation of General Statutes § 53a-61 (a) (1). After a jury trial, the defendant was convicted on the first count of what the court considered a lesser included offense of murder, namely, manslaughter in the first degree with a firearm in violation of General Statutes § 53a-55a.2 The jury also returned a verdict *261of guilty on the second count. The defendant claims that the trial court improperly instructed the jury that it could…
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