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STATE v. SCRUGGS

No. 17587.

905 A.2d 24 (2006)

279 Conn. 698

STATE of Connecticut v. Judith SCRUGGS.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided September 5, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Douglas Nash, New Haven, for the appellant (defendant).

Leon F. Dalbec, Jr., senior assistant state's attorney, with whom were James Dinnan, senior assistant state's attorney, and, on the brief, Michael Dearington, state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

BORDEN, PALMER, VERTEFEUILLE, SULLIVAN and LAVERY, Js.

SULLIVAN, J.

The defendant, Judith Scruggs, was convicted after a jury trial on one charge of risk of injury to a child in violation of General Statutes § 53-21(a)(1).1 After the jury rendered its verdict, the defendant filed a motion for judgment of acquittal. The trial court denied the motion, concluding that the jury reasonably could have found that, by maintaining a cluttered and unclean residence, the defendant wilfully had caused...

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