State v. Samuels

Decision Date07 May 2003
CitationState v. Samuels, 263 Conn. 923, 823 A.2d 1216 (Conn. 2003)
CourtConnecticut Supreme Court
PartiesSTATE OF CONNECTICUT v. RALSTON E. SAMUELS.

Leon F. Dalbec, Jr., senior assistant state's attorney, in support of the petition.

Jeanne M. Zulick, special public defender, and G. Douglas Nash,public defender, in opposition.

The petition by the state of Connecticut for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 75 Conn. App. 671(AC 21681), is granted, limited to the following issues:

"1.Did the Appellate Court properly conclude that the trial court improperly admitted the testimony of four constancy of accusation witnesses?

"2.If the answer to the first question is `yes,' did the Appellate Court properly conclude that the admission of that evidence deprived the defendant of his federal constitutional due process right to a fair trial?"

NORCOTT and KATZ, Js., did not participate in...

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12 cases
  • Parker v. State
    • United States
    • Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
    • April 8, 2004
    ...to that contained in Alaska's common law rule. In State v. Samuels, 75 Conn.App. 671, 817 A.2d 719, 723 (2003), cert. granted, 263 Conn. 923, 823 A.2d 1216 (2003),3 evidence was presented that, after the victim had reported a sexual assault to the police, she reported it to two teachers, an......
  • State v. Juan V., No. 28871.
    • United States
    • Connecticut Court of Appeals
    • July 29, 2008
    ...treatment." (Internal quotation marks omitted.) State v. Watkins, 72 Conn.App. 804, 810, 806 A.2d 1072 (2002), cert. denied, 263 Conn. 923, 823 A.2d 1216 (2003). The defendant does not contest that the admitted portions of the videotaped interview were inconsistent with J's trial testimony ......
  • State v. Samuels
    • United States
    • Connecticut Supreme Court
    • May 10, 2005
    ...properly conclude that the trial court improperly admitted the testimony of four constancy of accusation witnesses?" State v. Samuels, 263 Conn. 923, 823 A.2d 1216 (2003). Second, "[i]f the answer to the first question is `yes,' did the Appellate Court properly conclude that the admission o......
  • State v. Spiegelmann
    • United States
    • Connecticut Court of Appeals
    • February 10, 2004
    ...her meeting with Gonzalez was admitted improperly under State v. Samuels, 75 Conn. App. 671, 817 A.2d 719, cert. granted, 263 Conn. 923, 823 A.2d 1216 (2003). The defendant did not object to the admission of this testimony on these grounds at trial.7 Therefore, this issue was not preserved ......
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