State v. Rivera

Opinion

SCHALLER, J.

The defendant, Xavier Rivera, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of conspiracy to commit murder in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-48 and 53a-54a (a). On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court improperly instructed the jury on the conspiracy to commit murder charge by failing to define properly the essential elements of the crime.1 We reverse, in part, the judgment of the trial court.

The defendant and four others, Sigfredo DeJesus, Kelvin Sanchez, Wilfredo Fernandez and Jose Vasquez, each were charged in a substitute…