State v. Dickerson

The defendant, Dennis Dickerson, was convicted by a jury of six of one count of assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-59 (a) (3). On appeal, he sets forth five claims, three involving the trial court instructions, one involv*292ing the trial court’s denial of his motion for a mistrial, and, finally, one involving the sufficiency of the evidence. With respect to the trial court instructions, the defendant claims that the court improperly instructed the jury regarding (1) the reliability of prior inconsistent statements admitted for substantive purposes under State v.…