State v. Jupin

The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction, after a jury trial, of assault in the *332first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-59 (a) (3).1 He claims that the trial court improperly (1) denied his motion for judgment of acquittal because the evidence was insufficient to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he acted under circumstances evincing extreme indifference to human life, (2) refused to charge the jury on the lesser included offense of assault in the third degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-61 (a) (2), and (3) refused to exclude the victim from the…