State v. Aaron L.

Nov 4, 2003
SC 17089
Reporters:
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The defendant’s petition for certification for appeal ‍‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‍from the Appellate Court, 79 Conn. App. 397 (AC 22450), is granted, limited to the following ‍‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‍issues:

“Did the Appellate Court properly conclude that: (1) there was sufficient evidence to ‍‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‍allow the admission of a certain 1992 incident as uncharged misconduct; and (2) ‍‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‍the statements of the defendant’s two year old daughter to her mother were admissible ‍‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‍under residual exceptions to the hearsay rule?”