State v. Marsala

The defendant, Michael J. Marsala, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of one count of criminal trespass in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-107(a)(1). 1 On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court improperly declined to instruct the jury on the infraction of simple trespass, General Statutes § 53a-110a, 2 which the defendant claims is a lesser included offense of criminal trespass in the first degree. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The jury reasonably could have found the following facts. The Centennial Connecticut…