State v. Muhammad

Opinion

GRUENDEL, J.

The defendant, Naji Muhammad, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered following a jury trial, of assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-59 (a) (3). On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court improperly (1) allowed facts concerning two prior convictions of the defendant to be admitted into evidence and (2) precluded certain evidence of the victim’s prior assault of a third party. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The jury reasonably could have found the following facts. On February 10, 2001, the defendant was at home in…