State v. Merdinger

The defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction, after a jury trial, of eight counts of failure to pay wages in violation of General Statutes § Sl^lb.1 The defendant claims that (1) § 31-71b is unconstitutional, (2) the trial court improperly failed to instruct the jury that § 31-71b requires proof of an intent not *381to pay wages and (3) the trial court improperly denied his motion for judgment of acquittal because the state failed to prove such intent and failed to prove that he was an employer pursuant to § 31-71b.

The jury reasonably could have found the following facts. Kristen Whiting…