Opinion ID: 1948183
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Heading Rank: 9

Heading: charge on intent

Text: The defendant's final objection to the jury charge is that the charge on intent violates the rule of Sandstrom v. Montana, 442 U.S. 510, 99 S. Ct. 2450, 61 L. Ed. 2d 39 (1979). Although no exception was taken to the charge, this court has previously considered Sandstrom claims under the bypass rule of State v. Evans, supra, when the issue of intent was central to the case. See State v. Cosgrove, 186 Conn. 476, 442 A.2d 1320 (1982); State v. Truppi, 182 Conn. 449, 438 A.2d 712 (1980), cert. denied, 451 U.S. 941, 101 S. Ct. 2024, 68 L. Ed. 2d 329 (1981). The intent instruction used by the court here is essentially the same as that approved in State v. Maselli, supra, 75n, 77n. The total charge is indistinguishable from numerous charges which we have repeatedly approved following the Sandstrom decision; see State v. Miller, 186 Conn. 654, 667-68, 443 A.2d 906 (1982); State v. Mason, 186 Conn. 574, 582-84, 442 A.2d 1335 (1982); State v. Cosgrove, 186 Conn. 476, 480-84, 442 A.2d 1320 (1982); State v. Tina, 186 Conn. 261, 264, 440 A.2d 967 (1982); State v. Stankowski, 184 Conn. 121, 148-52, 439 A.2d 918, cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1052, 102 S. Ct. 596, 70 L. Ed. 2d 588 (1981); State v. Brokaw, 183 Conn. 29, 33-34, 438 A.2d 815 (1981); State v. Truppi, supra, 453; State v. Nemeth, 182 Conn. 403, 411, 438 A.2d 120 (1980); State v. Vasquez, 182 Conn. 242, 253, 438 A.2d 424 (1980); State v. Maselli, supra, 75-76; State v. Perez, 181 Conn. 299, 311-16, 435 A.2d 334 (1980); State v. Arroyo, 180 Conn. 171, 173-81, 429 A.2d 457 (1980); State v. Harrison, 178 Conn. 689, 692-99, 425 A.2d 111 (1979); and does not include the conclusive presumption language consistently condemned by this court. Turcio v. Manson, 186 Conn. 1, 6, 439 A.2d 437 (1982); State v. Johnson, 185 Conn. 163, 176, 440 A.2d 858 (1981), aff'd, 460 U.S. 73, 103 S. Ct. 969, 74 L. Ed. 2d 823 (1983). Our review of the charge as a whole convinces us that the charge here was not likely to mislead the jury. [8]