Case Name: STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. MUHDYASIM ABDALAZIZ
Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1997-09-18
Citations: 243 Conn. 902
Docket Number: SC 15771
Parties: STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. MUHDYASIM ABDALAZIZ
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 243
Pages: 902–902

Head Matter:
STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. MUHDYASIM ABDALAZIZ
The Supreme Court docket number is SC 15771.
Susan M. Hankins, assistant public defender, in support of the petition.
Paul J. Ferencek, assistant state’s attorney, in opposition.
Decided September 18, 1997

Opinion:
The defendant's cross petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 45 Conn. App. 591 (AC 14625), is granted, limited to the following issue:
"Did the Appellate Court properly conclude that: (1) the trial court properly had refused to instruct the jury on the defendant's theory of 'imperfect self-defense'; and (2) the trial court did not abuse its discretion in precluding the defendant from introducing into evidence four of the victim's previous criminal convictions for the purpose of establishing the victim's violent character?"
KATZ, J., did not participate in the consideration or decision of this petition.