Opinion
02-05-2020
STATE of Connecticut v. Shota MEKOSHVILI
Norman A. Pattis, Bethany, in support of the petition. Ronald G. Weller, senior assistant state's attorney, in opposition.
Norman A. Pattis, Bethany, in support of the petition.
Ronald G. Weller, senior assistant state's attorney, in opposition.
The defendant's petition for certification to appeal from the Appellate Court, 195 Conn. App. 154, 223 A.3d 834 (2020), is granted, limited to the following issue:
"Did the Appellate Court correctly conclude that the trial court had properly denied the defendant's request for a jury instruction that would require the jury to reach a verdict of not guilty unless it was unanimous in its conclusion that the state disproved each element of the defendant's self-defense claim beyond a reasonable doubt?"