Legal Opinion

State v. Johnson

Connecticut Appellate Court

Decided April 22, 2008No. AC 28537PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

BISHOP, J.

The defendant, Charles Johnson, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of sexual assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-70 (a) (2) and risk of injury to a child in violation of General Statutes § 53-21 (a) (2).1 On appeal, the defendant claims that (1) the trial *190court abused its discretion in not giving a jury instruction regarding child witnesses, (2) the court abused its discretion in not permitting the defendant to elicit an allegedly inconsistent statement of the victim’s mother, (3) there was insufficient…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
  2. State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
  3. State v. StevensonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
  4. State v. SinghSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2002
  5. State v. WarholicSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2006

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. State v. TOMAS D.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 2010
  2. State v. RuffinConnecticut Appellate Court · 2013
  3. State v. Richard S.Connecticut Appellate Court · 2013
  4. State v. CalabreseConnecticut Appellate Court · 2009
  5. State v. CalabreseConnecticut Appellate Court · 2009

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