State v. McLaren

Opinion

ALVORD, J.

The defendant, Lloyd McLaren, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of sexual assault in the fourth degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-73a (a) (2). On appeal, the defendant claims that (1) his sixth amendment right to confrontation was violated when the prosecutor disclosed an extrajudicial testimonial statement made by an individual absent from trial and (2) the prosecutor engaged in prosecutorial impropriety that deprived the defendant of a fair trial. We agree with the defendant’s second claim that he was deprived of a fair trial…