State v. Williams

The defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction, after a jury trial, of attempted murder in *19violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-491 and 53a-54a,2 and assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-59 (a) (1).3 The jury found the defendant not guilty of one count of assault in the first degree under § 53a-59 (a) (3).4 The defendant claims that the trial court improperly (1) charged the jury that the law recognizes that a person can simultaneously possess both the intent to cause serious physical injury to a person and the intent to cause that person’s death, (2)…