Legal Opinion

State v. Rivera

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided March 27, 2019PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

The defendant's petition for certification to appeal from the Appellate Court, 187 Conn.App. 813, 204 A.3d 4, is granted, limited to the following issue:

"Did the Appellate Court correctly conclude that the trial court properly precluded the defendant from cross-examining the state's key witness about the specific facts underlying that witness' prior misdemeanor convictions?"

McDONALD, J., did not participate in the consideration of or decision on this petition.

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. State v. RiveraConnecticut Appellate Court · 2019

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. State v. RiveraSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2020