Legal Opinion
State v. Pierson
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 26, 1986No. 12504PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShea, J.
After a jury trial, the defendant was convicted of sexual assault in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-71. In his appeal the . defendant claims error (1) in the failure of the court to instruct the jury on the element of general intent to perform the physical acts that constitute the crime, and (2) in certain evidentiary rulings concerning the patient-psychiatrist privilege created by General Stat*213utes §§ 52-146d and 52-146e, claimed to have restricted both his cross-examination and direct examination of a psychiatric counselor-therapist who testified for the state. We…
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