State v. Wood

The defendant, Steven J. Wood, was convicted by a jury of three counts of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a1 and of one count of capital felony in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54b (8).2 The jury also found the defendant guilty but not criminally responsible of a fourth count of murder pursuant to General Statutes (Rev. to 1983) § 53a-13.3 After the penalty phase of the proceedings, *128the jury found a mitigating factor, thereby eliminating the death penalty as a possible sentence. General Statutes (Rev. to 1983) § 53a-46a (f). On November 16, 1984, the court, Hammer, J.,…