State v. Gonzalez

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. JOSE DIEGO GONZALEZ (SC 20317) Robinson, C. J., and McDonald, D’Auria, Mullins, Kahn, Ecker and Vertefeuille, Js. Syllabus Convicted of the crimes of sexual assault in the first degree, home invasion, and risk of injury to a child, the defendant appealed, claiming, inter alia, that he was deprived of his constitutional rights to present a closing argument and to a fair trial by virtue of the prosecutor’s cursory review of the evidence during her initial closing summation followed by a more detailed discussion of the evidence during rebuttal argument. The defendant had…