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2.9-3 Inoperability of Firearm -- § 53a-16a
Revised to December 1, 2007
The defendant has raised the affirmative defense1 that the <insert type of firearm> was not a weapon from which a shot could be discharged. In other words, the <insert type of firearm> was inoperable.
<See
Affirmative Defense, Instruction 2.9-1.>
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1 This defense is available for the following offenses:
§ 53a-55a, Manslaughter in the first degree with a firearm.
§ 53a-56a, Manslaughter in the second degree with a firearm.
§ 53a-60a, Assault in the second degree with a firearm.
§ 53a-92a, Kidnapping in the first degree with a firearm.
§ 53a-94a, Kidnapping in the second degree with a firearm.
§ 53a-102a, Burglary in the second degree with a firearm.
§ 53a-103a, Burglary in
the third degree with a firearm.