State v. Madigosky

Opinion

KATZ, J.

The defendant, Gregg Madigosky, directly appeals, pursuant to General Statutes § 51-199 (b) (3), from the trial court’s judgment of conviction of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a. The defendant contends that the trial court: (1) improperly instructed the jury not to consider the affirmative defenses of mental disease or defect and extreme emotional disturbance unless it first determined that the defendant had committed murder; (2) improperly admitted into evidence a statement given by the defendant’s mother to the police; and (3) exhibited improper conduct…