STATE v. JIMENEZ

(11272)

30 Conn. App. 406 (1993)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. JORGE JIMENEZ

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Decision released February 23, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph G. Bruckman, public defender, for the appellant (defendant).

Frederick W. Fawcett, assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Donald A. Browne, state's attorney, and Gerard P. Eisenman, assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

FOTI, LAVERY and LANDAU, JS.


FOTI, J.

The defendant appeals from his conviction, after a jury trial, of the crime of assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-59 (a) (1).1 He claims that the trial court improperly instructed the jury as to the "initial aggressor" exception to the law of self-defense in light of the evidentiary basis for the claim of self-defense he raised. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The jury reasonably...

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