State v. Hines

*200Arthur H. Healey, J.

A jury found the defendant guilty of assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-59.1 In his appeal from the judgment rendered on the verdict the only errors claimed relate to the instructions given to the jury. The defendant contends (1) that the court failed to charge, as requested, that his mental retardation should be considered in deciding whether he acted with the specific intent required by the statute to constitute the offense; and (2) that in illustrating the application of the law of self-defense for the jury the court used an example so…