State v. Vargas

Opinion

McLACHLAN, J.

The defendant, Alfredo Vargas, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after *456a 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). On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court improperly (1) remarked in the presence of the jury as to the victim’s competency to testify, thereby bolstering the credibility of her testimony, (2) restricted the defendant’s cross-examination of several of the state’s key witnesses, (3) issued an…