State v. Delgado

Sometime after midnight on February 27, .1977, the defendant, Victor Delgado, entered the Stumble Inn in New Britain and, after he had been refused service and asked to leave, pulled a knife from within his coat and cut or stabbed Joseph Coceomo and David Bitner, causing serious injury to both, before he was subdued by other patrons of the establishment and arrested by the police. The defendant was convicted after trial to the court on two counts of first degree assault. General Statutes § 53a-59 (a) (1). The defendant filed a motion for judgment of acquittal, which was denied, and, from the…