State v. Harrison

The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of manslaughter in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-55 (a) (3).1

*689The defendant claims (1) that the trial court’s charge to the jury on self-defense was improper and deprived the defendant of his due process and statutory rights to present a defense in that the trial court (a) failed to include an instruction that the threat of great bodily harm encompassed a threat of robbery, (b) included a charge that self-defense does not apply to the lesser included offenses of murder, General…