State v. Person

The defendant appeals1 from the judgment of conviction, following a jury trial, of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a2 and criminal trespass in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-107 (a) (2).3 The trial court granted the defendant’s motion for a judgment of acquittal of risk of injury to a child in violation of General Statutes § 53-21. Thereafter, the state filed a substitute information charging the defendant with murder and criminal trespass in the first degree.

*450On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court improperly refused to instruct the jury…