STATE v. SINGLETON

No. 17795.

974 A.2d 679 (2009)

292 Conn. 734

STATE of Connecticut v. Ronald M. SINGLETON.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided July 28, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Toni M. Smith-Rosario, senior assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Michael Dearington, state's attorney, and James G. Clark, senior assistant state's attorney, for the appellant (state).

Kent Drager, senior assistant public defender, for the appellee (defendant).

NORCOTT, KATZ, PALMER, VERTEFEUILLE and ZARELLA, Js.


ZARELLA, J.

The state appeals, on the granting of certification, from the judgment of the Appellate Court reversing the conviction of the defendant, Ronald M. Singleton, of manslaughter in the first degree.1 The Appellate Court concluded that the trial court failed to instruct the jury properly on self-defense by removing from its consideration the disputed factual issue of whether the defendant had used deadly or nondeadly physical force...

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