State v. Tomasko

Following a jury trial, the defendant, Carol Tomasko, was convicted of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a (a).1 The defendant has appealed2 from the judgment of the trial court sentencing her to fifty years imprisonment. On appeal, the defendant claims that: (1) the evidence was insufficient to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that she intended to kill the *255victim; (2) the trial court improperly refused to instruct the jury on the lesser included offense of criminally negligent homicide in violation of General Statutes § 53a-58;3 and (3) the trial court improperly overruled the…