State v. Torrice

The defendant appeals from the trial court’s judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of one count of assault in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-60 (a) (l),1 four *77counts of assault in the third degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-61 (a) (l), 2 and five counts of risk of injury to a child in violation of General Statutes § 53a-21.3 The defendant claims the trial court erred in that (1) it failed to add “judicial gloss” to its instructions to the jury concerning the crime of risk of injury to a minor, (2) it failed to instruct the jury in…