State v. Marsala

July 6, 2021 CONNECTICUT LAW JOURNAL Page 3

337 Conn. 55

JULY, 2021 55 State v. Marsala STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. MICHAEL J. MARSALA (SC 20249) Robinson, C. J., and Palmer, McDonald, D’Auria, Mullins, Kahn and Ecker, Js.* Syllabus Convicted, after a jury trial, of the crime of criminal trespass in the first degree, the defendant appealed to the Appellate Court, claiming that the trial court improperly declined to instruct the jury on the infraction of simple trespass as a lesser included offense. The defendant’s conviction stemmed from his conduct in entering and panhandling on shopping mall…