¶1concurring. I concur in the majority opinion. I only wish to add that under this state’s Penal Code and our cases it is neither necessary nor desirable to adopt a theory of imperfect self-defense in this state.
248 Conn. 430
State v. Abdalaziz
Decided April 20, 1999
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Decided 1999-04-20
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