State v. Rivera

In this certified appeal, we granted the defendant permission to appeal one issue concerning *757the constitutional propriety of a jury instruction in a sexual assault case.1 After a jury trial, the defendant, Freddy Rivera, was convicted of the crime of sexual assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-70 (a) (l).2 The trial court rendered a judgment sentencing the defendant to fifteen years imprisonment, execution suspended after twelve years and probation for four years. The Appellate Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court. State v. Rivera, 30 Conn. App. 523,…