Taylor v. Haddox

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• defendant convicted, inter alia, of one count of assault in second degree after striking victim twice on forehead with twenty ounce hammer
• evidence was sufficient to support conviction for having weapon in motor vehicle where defendant used hammer in vehicle during alterca- tion
• “Here, at the latest, the hammer became a dangerous instrument . . . when the defendant, who was sitting in the vehicle, picked it up and swung it at the victim’s head.”
• “even though the ‘approved’ definition of dangerous instrument in § 53a-3 [7] applies only to the provisions of title 53a, it guides our interpretation of the [term] as used in [General Statutes] § 29-38 because it is not inconsistent with any statutory language in § 29-38”

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