State v. Crespo

2 Citing cases

  1. Crespo v. Warden, State Prison

    No. 3:15-cv-00640 (SRU) (D. Conn. Apr. 30, 2018)

    Crespo then filed a petition for certification to appeal, which the Connecticut Supreme Court granted on June 30, 2009 with regard to whether the trial court improperly denied Crespo's request to introduce impeachment evidence pertaining to the victim's prior sexual conduct. See State v. Crespo, 292 Conn. 917 (2009). On January 31, 2012, the Connecticut Supreme Court affirmed the Appellate Court's decision, and concluded that the exclusion of the evidence at issue did not violate Crespo's Sixth Amendment rights to confrontation and to present a defense.

  2. State v. Crespo

    303 Conn. 589 (Conn. 2012)   Cited 23 times
    Describing how inconsistently these claims have been addressed

    This court granted the defendant's petition for certification to appeal limited to the following issue: “Did the Appellate Court properly uphold the trial court's preclusion of impeachment evidence regarding the [victim's] prior sexual conduct?” State v. Crespo, 292 Conn. 917, 973 A.2d 1276 (2009). General Statutes § 53a–61 (a) provides in relevant part: “A person is guilty of assault in the third degree when: (1) With intent to cause physical injury to another person, he causes such injury to such person or to a third person....”