Legal Opinion
State v. Rivera
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided May 8, 2001No. AC 19826PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MIHALAKOS, J.
The defendant, Exel Rivera, appeals from the judgments rendered after a jury trial of guilty of two counts of sexual assault in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-71 (a) (l)1 and two counts of risk of injury to a child in violation of General Statutes § 53-21 (a) (2).2 The defendant claims that (1) the trial court improperly granted the state’s motion to consolidate the two cases against him and (2) the prosecutor, during summation, engaged in misconduct. We affirm the judgments of the trial court.
The jury reasonably could have found the following…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- State v. BoscarinoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
- State v. HerringSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- State v. RadzvilowiczConnecticut Appellate Court · 1997
- State v. DelgadoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1998
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3Cited by3 opinions
- State v. BoscarinoConnecticut Appellate Court · 2004
- State v. RiveraSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2002
- State v. RiveraSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001