Legal Opinion

State v. ROSS V.

Connecticut Appellate Court

Decided August 26, 2008No. AC 28251PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

LAVEME, J.

The defendant, Ross V., appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of two counts of sexual assault in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-71 (a) (1) and two counts of risk of injury to a child in violation of General Statutes § 53-21 (a) (2). On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court improperly (1) admitted constancy of accusation and impermissible hearsay evidence and (2) denied his motion for a continuance to obtain new counsel. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The jury reasonably could have found the…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
  3. State v. TroupeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
  4. State v. HamiltonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
  5. State v. FabricatoreSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2007

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3Cited by9 opinions

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