State v. Darby

The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of five counts of risk of injury to a child, General Statutes § 53-21,1 and of one count of sexual assault in the second degree, General Statutes § 53a-71 (a) (l).2 The question presented for our determination is whether the trial court’s ruling permitting the victims, all of whom were then under the age of twelve, to testify by way of videotapes made in the absence of the defendant and *447the jury violated the defendant’s state and federal constitutional rights to confront his accusers and to due process of law.

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