State v. Maldonado

The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction of two counts of risk of injury to a minor, in violation of General Statutes § 53-21. The charges stemmed from the sexual abuse of the defendant’s son, C, and daughter, R, ages six and three and one-half respectively, at the time of the crimes. The defendant claims the trial court erred (1) in admitting hearsay testimony regarding R’s identification of the defendant as her assailant, (2) in determining that the defendant’s son was competent to testify, and (3) in its instruction to the jury on circumstantial evidence. We find no error.

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