Opinion
(7406)
Argued February 6, 1990
Decision released February 15, 1990
Substitute information charging the defendant with the crime of murder, brought to the Superior Court in the judicial district of Fairfield and tried to the jury before Barnett, J.; verdict and judgment of guilty of manslaughter in the first degree with a firearm, from which the defendant appealed to this court. No error.
Burton M. Weinstein, for the appellant (defendant).
Frederick W. Fawcett, assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Donald A. Browne, state's attorney, and Henry Lyons, assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (state).
The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of manslaughter in the first degree with a firearm in violation of General Statutes 53a-55a. He claims that the trial court erred (1) in its instruction to the jury after a report of deadlock, (2) in its instructions on reasonable doubt, and (3) in denying his motion for judgment of acquittal.
The defendant was charged with the crime of murder in violation of General Statutes 53a-54a (a), but was found guilty of the lesser included offense.
After a plenary review of the record, transcripts and briefs, and after affording each claim of error the appropriate scope of review, we conclude that all claims are without merit. Schiavone v. Schiavone, 18 Conn. App. 825, 559 A.2d 1192 (1989).