State v. Salters

Opinion

FLYNN, J.

The defendant, Gaylord Salters, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of one count of assault of an employee of the department of correction in violation of General Statutes (Rev. to 1993) § 53a-167c, as amended by Public Acts 1993, No. 93-246, § 1, and Public Acts 1994, No. 94-62.1 On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court improperly (1) instructed the jury in a manner that violated his constitutional right to present a defense of self-defense and (2) admitted into evidence portions of the rules of conduct of the John R. Manson Youth…