State v. Salz

The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction, after a jury trial, of manslaughter in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-56 (a) (l).1 The defendant claims (1) that the trial court incorrectly instructed the jury as to the meaning of recklessness, the mental state necessary for a conviction under § 53a-56 (a) (1), and (2) that there was not sufficient evidence of the defendant’s awareness of and conscious disregard of a substantial and unjustifiable risk that death would result from his conduct to support his conviction. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

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