State v. Ash

The defendant, Eric Ash, 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) (l).1 The defendant claims that the trial court improperly (1) concluded that the evidence presented by the state was sufficient to disprove beyond a reasonable doubt the defendant’s defense of justification, (2) concluded that the evidence *784presented by the state was sufficient to sustain the defendant’s conviction of manslaughter in the first degree, (3) instructed the jury as to the duty to retreat, and (4) deprived…