State v. Dukes

The defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of two counts of sexual assault in the fourth degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-73a (a) (2).1 The defendant claims that the trial court improperly (1) held that the rape shield law, General Statutes § 54-86f, did not prohibit the state from introducing into evidence a statement made by the victim to her treating physician as to her lack of prior sexual relations,2 (2) found that the probative value of the statement made by the victim to her treating physician concerning her lack of prior sexual…