State v. Dorlette

Opinion

BEACH, J.

This case concerns the court’s admission into evidence of statements allegedly made by the defendant a short time after he had been involved in an altercation in prison. The defendant, Faroulh Dorlette, who appeals from the judgment of conviction rendered after a jury trial of two counts of assault of public safety personnel in violation of General Statutes § 53a-167c (a) (1), claims that the trial court erred in admitting the postaltercation statements. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The following facts, which the jury reasonably could have found, and procedural…