State V. Beltran

The defendant appeals *fn1 from the judgment of conviction, after a jury trial, of one count of capital felony in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54b (8). *fn1 The defendant claims that: (1) the trial court's instructions on self-defense were flawed; and (2) he was deprived of his state and federal constitutional rights to equal protection of the laws because the trial court improperly sustained the state's peremptory challenge to a Hispanic venireperson. We affirm the judgment.