State of Connecticut v. Chihan Eric Chyung

Summary

The court held that guilty verdicts for murder and first-degree manslaughter with a firearm were legally inconsistent because they required mutually exclusive mental states concerning the same act and result. The defendant was permitted to raise that claim for the first time in a postverdict motion, and both verdicts had to be vacated because the court could not determine which offense the jury intended to find supported by the evidence. The court also upheld the admission of prior misconduct evidence to show intent and absence of mistake or accident.