State v. Bellino, 14802
| Decision Date | 01 February 1994 |
| Docket Number | No. 14802,14802 |
| Citation | 635 A.2d 812,228 Conn. 851 |
| Court | Connecticut Supreme Court |
| Parties | STATE of Connecticut v. Charles BELLINO. |
Lauren Weisfeld, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant (defendant).
Carolyn K. Longstreth, Asst. State's Atty., with whom were Michael Dearington, State's Atty., and, on the brief, John Waddock, Asst. State's Atty., for appellee (state).
Before PETERS, C.J., and BORDEN, BERDON, NORCOTT and SANTANIELLO, JJ.
The sole issues in this criminal appeal concern the adequacy of the trial court's instructions on self-defense. A jury convicted the defendant, Charles Bellino, of manslaughter in the first degree, attempted assault in the first degree and carrying a pistol without a permit. In State v. Bellino, 31 Conn.App. 385, 389-96, 625 A.2d 1381 (1993), the Appellate Court concluded that the trial court's instructions on self-defense had not violated the defendant's constitutional rights. We granted the defendant's petition for certification to appeal the merits of this conclusion. 1
After examining the record on appeal and after considering the briefs and the arguments of the parties, we have determined that the appeal in this case should be dismissed on the ground that certification was improvidently granted.
The appeal is dismissed.
1 We granted the defendant's petition for certification to appeal limited to the following issues:
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