State v. Hines, 2012 WL 2299480

Defendant Vinroy Hines and Denise Watson had a romantic relationship and two children.
The couple’s family resided at times in a shelter in East Hartford and at times with Hines in Bridgeport.
On January 1, 2009, Hines and his cousin Conray Jones picked up Watson and the children to take them to Bridgeport.
During the drive, Hines assaulted Watson with a beer bottle, punched her repeatedly, and later produced a box cutter and stabbed her multiple times.
Watson escaped by jumping from a moving car; she was injured and treated at a hospital.
Hines was charged with multiple offenses including kidnapping in the first degree and criminal violation of a protective order; the court later instructed on kidnapping and later revised information after pre-trial rulings.

Issue	Plaintiff's Argument	Defendant's Argument	Held
Whether failure to define abduct affected due process	Hines argues jury lacked abduct definition per statute.	Hines asserts Golding review should apply due to constitutional error.	No due process violation; error not reversible under Golding.

State v. Golding, 213 Conn. 233 (1989) (established Golding standard for nonpreserved constitutional claims)
State v. Reid, 254 Conn. 540 (2000) (charge must be considered as a whole and may not mislead)
State v. Kitchens, 299 Conn. 447 (2011) (set framework for whether a defendant waived instructional error)
State v. Collins, 299 Conn. 567 (2011) (time to review instructions affects waiver analysis)