State v. Romero

Opinion

NORCOTT, J.

The defendant, Elicio Romero, appeals1 from the trial court’s judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of one count of sexual assault in the *483first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-70 (a) (2), and two counts of risk of injury to a child in violation of General Statutes (Rev. to 1999) § 53-21 (2).2 On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court improperly: (1) instructed the jury that, in order to convict the defendant of risk of injury to a child, it had to find that the defendant’s conduct was “ ‘likely to impair the health or morals’ ” of the…