State v. Williams

This matter is before us on remand from our Supreme Court. State v. Williams, 237 Conn. 748, 679 A.2d 920 (1996). The defendant originally appealed to this court from a judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of attempted murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-491 and § 53a-54a (a),2 and assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-59 (a) (l).3

In his original appeal to this court, the defendant asserted that (1) the trial court improperly charged the jury that the law recognizes that a person can simultaneously possess both the intent to cause serious…