State v. Weaving

Opinion

GRUENDEL, J.

The defendant, David G. Weaving, appeals from the judgment of conviction, following a jury trial, of manslaughter in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-56 (a) (1). On appeal, the defendant claims that (1) prosecutorial impropriety during closing argument deprived him of his right to *43due process, (2) the court improperly refused to instruct the jury that he was entitled to assume others using the road would “obey the law,” and (3) the court improperly refused to permit argument or instruct the jury with respect to the “lack of a headlamp” on the…