State v. Jimenez

The defendant appeals from his conviction, after a jury trial, of the crime of assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-59 (a) (l).1 He claims that the trial court improperly instructed the jury as to the “initial aggressor” exception to the law of self-defense in light of the evidentiary basis for the claim of self-defense he raised. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The jury reasonably could have found the following facts. On August 18, 1984, Thomas Comacho, the victim, lived in a third floor apartment at 596 Pembroke Street in Bridgeport with his girl…