State v. Bellino

• Decision Date: 08 July 1993
• Citation: 628 A.2d 988,226 Conn. 917
• Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
• Parties: STATE of Connecticut v. Charles BELLINO.

Page 988

628 A.2d 988

226 Conn. 917

STATE of Connecticut v. Charles BELLINO.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided July 8, 1993.

Lauren Weisfeld, Asst. Public Defender, in support of the petition.

Carolyn K. Longstreth, Asst. State's Atty., in opposition.

The defendant's petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 31 Conn.App. 385, 625 A.2d 1381 (AC 10515), is granted, limited to the following issues:

"1. Whether the Appellate Court properly held that the instructions on self-defense, General Statutes § 53a-19, did not abuse the court's discretion, where it did not instruct on the statutory duty to retreat and the limitations on that duty?

"2. Whether the Appellate Court properly held that the instructions on self-defense, relative to the subjective-objective test employed by the jury in evaluating the degree of force used, were correct?"