Legal Opinion
State v. Grasso
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided April 9, 2019No. AC41167PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKeller, J.
The defendant, Angela C. Grasso, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered following a jury trial, of manslaughter in the first degree with a firearm in violation of General Statutes § 53a-55a. 1 The defendant claims that (1) the state failed to disprove beyond a reasonable doubt that she had acted in self-defense and (2) the trial court violated her rights to due process and to the effective assistance of counsel by denying the jury's request to rehear the closing arguments of the prosecutor and defense counsel at trial. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
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