Legal Opinion
State v. Angell
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided December 20, 1994No. 12359PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpear, J.
The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction of sexual assault in the second degree and risk of injury to a child in violation of General Statutes §§ 53U-711 and 53-212 respectively. He claims that the trial court improperly (1) permitted the state to introduce constancy of accusation evidence, (2) refused to instruct the jury on the credibility of a child witness, and (3) abused its discretion by refusing to give a missing witness jury instruction.3 We affirm the trial court’s judgment.
The jury reasonably could have found the following facts. The nine year old victim4 lived with her…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- Bourjaily v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Idaho v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- White v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Secondino v. New Haven Gas Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1960
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3Cited by3 opinions
- State v. AngellSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
- Burke v. MesniaeffConnecticut Appellate Court · 2017
- State v. AngellSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995