Opinion
01-31-2019
STATE of Connecticut v. MANUEL T.
Trent A. LaLima, in support of the petition. Ronald G. Weller, senior assistant state's attorney, in opposition.
The defendant's petition for certification to appeal from the Appellate Court, 186 Conn.App. 51, 198 A.3d 648 (2018), is granted, limited to the following issues:
"1. Did the Appellate Court apply the proper standard in determining that, in a criminal prosecution for sexual abuse of a child, hearsay statements made during a forensic interview of the child complainant are admissible under § 8-3 (5) of the Connecticut Code of Evidence?
"2. Did the Appellate Court properly conclude that the trial court did not abuse its discretion by excluding from evidence certain screenshots of text messages?"