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Criminal Law Appellate Court Opinion

by Townsend, Karen

 

AC46412 - State v. Edwin B. (“The defendant, Edwin B., appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of manslaughter in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-56 (a) (1) and risk of injury to a child in violation of General Statutes § 53-21 (a) (1). He claims that the court’s failure to give specific unanimity instructions as to counts one and two violated his right to jury unanimity under the sixth amendment to the United States constitution. We agree with the defendant that the court’s failure to give specific unanimity instructions violated his right to jury unanimity. Accordingly, we reverse the judgment of conviction and remand for a new trial.”)