State v. Kindrick

The defendant appeals from his conviction, after a jury trial, of sexual assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-70 (a).1 *57The defendant claims that the trial court improperly (1) precluded evidence of prior sexual conduct of the victim, and (2) failed to rule on reopening the evidence to hear new evidence.

The jury could reasonably have found the following facts. The defendant, a sailor stationed at the submarine base in Groton, met the victim in early August, 1991. They had two dates and, on the evening of August 30, 1991, went on a double date with another couple.…