DOUGLAS, J.
The defendant, Harold F. Gamarsh, was convicted in Superior Court (Dunn, J.) of second degree assault. In this appeal, we are asked to decide whether the trial court's failure to grant requested jury instructions concerning the theory of defense and circumstantial evidence constituted reversible error. We hold that the court erred in failing to instruct the jury on the defense theory, and we accordingly reverse the defendant's conviction.
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