State v. Apostle

After a trial to a jury, the defendant was convicted of sexual assault in the first degree, a violation of General Statutes § 53a-70, and risk of injury to a minor, a violation of General Statutes § 53-21.1 On *218appeal, the defendant claims that the court erred: (1) in allowing the state to cross-examine the defendant about his failure subsequently to correct a false statement given by him to the police and to comment on that failure during the state’s final argument; (2) in permitting the state to cross-examine defense witnesses about the defendant’s general character traits; (3) in permitting…