State v. Jefferson

Opinion

SCHALLER, J.

The defendant, Hakim Rasheed Jefferson, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a (a). On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court improperly failed to give an instruction to the jury on intentional manslaughter in the first degree with a firearm in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-55a and 53a-55 (a) (1), as a lesser offense included within the crime of murder. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The defendant was charged with murder in connection with the shooting death of…