State v. Beliveau

• Decision Date: 10 February 1995
• Citation: 232 Conn. 910,654 A.2d 354
• Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
• Parties: STATE of Connecticut v. Andrew BELIVEAU.

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654 A.2d 354

232 Conn. 910

STATE of Connecticut v.Andrew BELIVEAU.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided Feb. 10, 1995.

Martin Zeldis, Asst. Public Defender, in support of the petition.

Carolyn K. Longstreth, Asst. State's Atty., in opposition.

The defendant's petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 36 Conn.App. 228, 650 A.2d 591(AC 12390), is granted, limited to the following issues:

"1.Was the Appellate Court correct when it held that the defendant's right to confrontation was not violated when the trial court refused to allow cross-examination of the victim and the police officer who took her statement regarding the complaint against the defendantshe made to the police?

"2.Was the Appellate Court correct when it held that the testimony of two police officers which was admitted into evidence, over objection of the defendant on hearsay grounds, was not error because the trial court in its charge merely instructed the jury not to consider their...