State v. Harrison

The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of two counts of sexual assault in the fourth degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-73a1 and two counts of injury or risk of injury to, or impairing the morals of, a child in violation of General Statutes § 53-21.2 On appeal, the defendant asserts that the trial court improperly (1) refused to admit evidence of prior sexual conduct by the victim under an exception to the rape shield law, *475General Statutes § 54-86f,3 (2) denied him a continuance to prepare his defense after the state filed a substitute…