Opinion
02-15-2017
STATE of Connecticut v. FERNANDO V.
Denise B. Smoker, senior assistant state's attorney, in support of the petition. Mary A. Beattie, assigned counsel, in opposition.
Denise B. Smoker, senior assistant state's attorney, in support of the petition.
Mary A. Beattie, assigned counsel, in opposition.
The petition by the state of Connecticut for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 170 Conn.App. 44, 153 A.3d 701 (2016), is granted, limited to the following issues:
"1. Did the Appellate Court err in holding that the trial court abused its discretion in excluding the testimony of the victim's boyfriend on the issue of whether she had exhibited behaviors associated with some sexual assault victims?
"2. Did the Appellate Court err in holding that the exclusion of the boyfriend's testimony was harmful?"