Supreme Court of Connecticut
State of Connecticut v. Thomas W.
August 2, 2011301 Conn. 724
Summary
The court held that the defendant implicitly waived his constitutional challenge to the jury instructions by affirmatively accepting the proposed final charge after a charging conference and meaningful opportunity for review. His earlier objection to similar language in the preliminary instructions did not prevent waiver because the objection was unclear and did not clearly notify the trial court of the claim later raised on appeal. The court therefore affirmed the Appellate Court's judgment.