ARMENTANO, J.
The defendant appeals from a conviction of assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-59 (a) (1), for which he was sentenced to a term of not less than nine nor more than eighteen years. The defendant admits to having "shot" the victim outside the Naugatuck Valley Mall in Waterbury on December 17, 1977, with a .38 caliber handgun. At trial, he claimed that either the handgun discharged accidently, or he acted in self defense...
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