State v. Palmer

Opinion

FOTI, J.

The defendant, David Palmer, appeals from the judgment of conviction,1 rendered after a jury trial, of assault in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-60 (a) (2).2 On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court improperly refused to charge the jury, as requested, on the issue of self-defense. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The jury reasonably could have found the following facts. On July 22, 1999, at approximately 8:30 p.m., Susan DeFrancesco drove her car to a bank in Bridgeport, where she attempted to use the bank’s automated teller…