State v. Pugh

The principal issue in this appeal is whether the trial court improperly admitted into evidence, under the spontaneous utterance exception to the rule against hearsay, statements made by the victim relating to the unexpected presence of her former boyfriend, the defendant Matthew Pugh, whom she feared. The defendant appeals from his conviction, following a jury trial, of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a(a) and burglary in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-101(a)(2). On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court: (1) abused its discretion by…