State v. Ostolaza

The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction rendered after a jury trial on an information alleging, in counts one through eight, sexual assault in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-71 (a) (1) and, in counts nine through sixteen, risk of injury to a child in violation of General Statutes § 53-21. He raises the following four claims of error on appeal: (1) the prosecutor’s misconduct during the trial deprived him of his constitutional right to an impartial jury and a fair trial; (2) the trial court erred in allowing the prosecution to raise the defendant’s prior…