State v. Bharrat

Opinion

HARPER, J.

The defendant, Ganesh Bharrat, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered following a jury trial, of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a, felony murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54c, burglary in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-101 (a) (1) and larceny in the third degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-124 (a) (l). The defendant claims (1) that the trial court improperly failed to deliver an instruction on the defense of diminished capacity; (2) that the court’s instruction concerning evidence of intoxication, as…