Legal Opinion
State v. Tyson
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided August 28, 1990No. 8170PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpallone, J.
The defendant appeals from his conviction, after a jury trial, of the crime of assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-59 (a) (1). He claims the trial court improperly *30(1) failed to instruct the jury on the law of self-defense, (2) refused to strike the victim’s testimony as a sanction for the state’s deliberate destruction of his taped statement, and (3) refused to instruct the jury on the defendant’s decision not to testify using the language he requested. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
The victim testified at trial to the following. The defendant, Roy…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Carter v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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- State v. SinclairSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
- State v. UbaldiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
- State v. ThurmanConnecticut Appellate Court · 1987
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