State v. Beliveau

The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of sexual assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-70 (a) (l)1 and sexual assault in the third degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-72a (a) (1) (A).2 On appeal, the defendant asserts that the trial court improperly (1) restricted his cross-examination of various witnesses by refusing to permit him to question them concerning portions of the victim’s statement to the police, thereby violating his constitutional right to *230confrontation, (2) permitted the use of hearsay evidence…