AC46889 - State v. Nichols ("The defendant, Robert Lee Nichols, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered following a jury trial, of one count of assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-59 (a) (3) and two counts of risk of injury to a child in violation of General Statutes § 53-21 (a) (1). On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court improperly (1) denied his motion for a judgment of acquittal because there was insufficient evidence for the jury to find him guilty on all counts, and (2) denied his motion for a new trial because the jury's verdict was against the manifest weight of the evidence. We disagree with the defendant's first claim. However, we are persuaded that the court applied an incorrect legal standard in adjudicating the defendant's motion for a new trial. Accordingly, we reverse the court's denial of the motion for a new trial and remand the case to the trial court, K. Doyle, J., for a new determination on that motion. The judgment is affirmed with respect to the defendant's claim that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction.")