State v. Pitt

The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of manslaughter in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-55 (a) (3).1 The defendant claims that (1) General Statutes § 53a-55 (a) (3) is unconstitutionally vague as applied to him, (2) the trial court improperly instructed the jury on the essential elements of § 53a-55 (a) (3) by failing to instruct on the meaning of the statutory terms “extreme indifference to human life” and “grave risk of death,” and (3) the trial court improperly excluded the testimony of a defense witness who was called…