Legal Opinion
State v. Ortega
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided November 8, 2022No. SC20235PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Page 2 CONNECTICUT LAW JOURNAL November 8, 2022 220 NOVEMBER, 2022
345 Conn. 220
State v. Ortega STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. RONY ELIZER ORTEGA (SC 20235) Robinson, C. J., and McDonald, D’Auria, Mullins, Kahn, Ecker and Keller, Js. Syllabus Pursuant to the tender years hearsay exception (§ 54-86l (a) and Conn. Code Evid. § 8-10), ‘‘a statement by a child twelve years of age or younger at the time of the statement relating to a sexual offense committed against that child . . . shall be admissible in a criminal . . . proceeding . . . if [inter alia] (1) [t]he court finds, in a hearing conducted…
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