State v. Manini

The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of one count of sexual assault in the first degree in violation *102of General Statutes § 53a-70 (a) (1)1 and two counts of sexual assault in the third degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-72a (a) (1).2 The dispositive issue on appeal is whether the trial court improperly excluded evidence of the victim’s prior claims of sexual assault pursuant to Connecticut’s rape shield statute, General Statutes § 54-86f.3 The defendant also claims that the *103trial court improperly denied his request to order the victim…