State v. Abdalaziz

Opinion

LAVERY, J.

The defendant, Muhyasim Abdalaziz, also known as Alfredo Coto, appeals from the judgment of conviction, following a jury trial, of assault in the first *593degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-59 (a) (l)1 and carrying a pistol without a permit in violation of General Statutes § 29-35 (a).2 The defendant claims that the trial court improperly (1) denied the defendant’s request for instructions on lesser included offenses, (2) denied the defendant’s request to instruct the jury on a theory of “imperfect self-defense,” (3) improperly precluded the defendant from offering…