State v. Holmes

Opinion

FOTI, J.

The defendant, Terrence D. Holmes, 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) (l).1 The court sentenced the defendant to a twenty-year term of incarceration. On appeal, the defendant claims that the court improperly (1) failed to instruct the jury as to his claim that he acted in self-defense, (2) misled the jury by means of its instruction on intent and (3) failed to grant his motion for a judgment of acquittal on the basis of insufficient evidence. We affirm the judgment of…