STATE v. WADE

No. 27397.

942 A.2d 1085 (2008)

106 Conn.App. 467

STATE of Connecticut v. Sidney WADE.

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Decided March 25, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela S. Nagy, special public defender, for the appellant (defendant).

Michele C. Lukban, senior assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Scott J. Murphy, state's attorney, and Paul N. Rotiroti, senior assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

DiPENTIMA, GRUENDEL and LAVINE, Js.


LAVINE, J.

This case requires us to determine whether a layperson who provides illegally obtained prescription medications to a drug abuser who subsequently dies as a result of ingesting the medications is guilty of manslaughter in the first degree because he acted under circumstances evincing an extreme indifference to human life and engaged in conduct that created a grave risk of death to another person, thereby causing the death of another person. See General Statutes...

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