State v. Scarpiello

The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of manslaughter in the first degree in violation of General *191Statutes § 53a-551 as a lesser included offense of murder, and carrying a pistol without a permit in violation of General Statutes § 29-35.2 The defendant claims that the judgment should be reversed because (1) the trial court’s comments and accompanying “facial gestures” directed toward the defendant’s credibility exhibited partiality toward the state and violated the defendant’s constitutional rights to due process of law, to a fair and impartial…