State v. Slater

Opinion

KATZ, J.

The defendant, John Slater, appeals from the judgment of the Appellate Court, affirming the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of sexual assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-70 (a) (1) 1 and kidnapping in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-92 (a) (2) (B). 2 State v. Slater, 98 Conn. App. 288, 908 A.2d 1097 (2006). The Appellate Court concluded that the trial court properly had admitted certain out-of-court statements by the victim of an alleged sexual assault, who had died prior to trial: (1) to two men on the…