State of Connecticut v. Divenson Petion

Summary

The court held that the evidence did not establish that the victim's forearm scar constituted serious disfigurement, an element of first-degree assault, because the scar was relatively small, not prominent, and did not objectively substantially detract from her appearance. The court also declined to modify the conviction to a lesser included offense because the jury had not been instructed on that offense, and it remanded for acquittal on the challenged count and resentencing on the remaining valid conviction.