State v. Bellamy

I agree with the defendant, Brandon Montrell Bellamy, that this court's marked expansion of the doctrine of implied waiver of claims of jury instructional error in State v. Kitchens , 299 Conn. 447 , 10 A.3d 942 (2011), was mistaken and, therefore, I would overrule that decision and return to the much narrower conception of implied waiver that previously governed our jurisprudence in this area. Application of a more restrictive implied waiver rule leads me to conclude that the defendant's claim of instructional error is reviewable on its merits pursuant to State v. Golding , 213 Conn. 233 ,…