State v. Bispham

Jun 8, 1999
SC 15925
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PER CURIAM.

After examining the record on appeal and considering the briefs and oral arguments ‍‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‍of the parties, we have determined that the appeal in this case should be dismissed on the ground that certification was granted improvidently.1

The appeal is dismissed.

Notes

We ‍‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‍granted the defendant’s petition for certification to appeal from the judgment of the Appellate Court; State v. Bispham, 48 Conn. App. 135, 708 A.2d 604 (1998); limited to the following issue: “Did the ‍‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‍Appellate Court properly conclude that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting a written statement of the complainant as constancy of accusation evidence, and ‍‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‍that the defendant did not show prejudice from the admission of such evidence, despite the prosecutor’s closing argument that the written statement would be available for ‍‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‍review in the jury room to support the complainant’s credibility?” State v. Bispham, 244 Conn. 929, 711 A.2d 728 (1998).