Legal Opinion
State v. Saucier
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 17, 2007No. SC 17502PublishedCited by 131 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KATZ, J.
The issue in this certified appeal is whether a particular statement made by the victim1 to an acquaintance in reference to the defendant, Richard Saucier, the day after she had identified the defendant as her attacker, should have been admitted into evidence at trial pursuant to the state of mind exception to the hearsay rule, § 8-3 (4) of the Connecticut Code of Evidence.2 Pursuant to that inquiry, we also must consider whether the Appellate Court properly reviewed this ruling by the trial court under the plenary, rather than the abuse of discretion, standard of review. The…
2Cases cited103 opinions
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3Cited by131 opinions
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