State v. Smith

The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-59 (a) (2).1 The defendant claims that the trial *53court improperly (1) excluded the written statement of an unavailable witness, (2) refused to instruct the jury on a lesser included offense, (3) refused to read back testimony to the jury, (4) permitted the state’s expert witness to testify about ultimate issues of fact, and (5) charged the jury on the meaning of reasonable doubt. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The jury reasonably…