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STATE v. FRANKO

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199 Conn. 481 (1986)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. LAWRENCE FRANKO

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released April 22, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Gulash, Jr., and Richard Emanuel, with whom, on the brief, was Neil Lieberthal, for the appellant (defendant).

Susann E. Gill, deputy assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Eugene J. Callahan, state's attorney, and Bruce Hudock, assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

PETERS, C. J., HEALEY, SHEA, DANNEHY and SANTANIELLO, JS.

PETERS, C. J.

The principal issue on this appeal is whether evidence of a sexual assault victim's prior virginity was properly excluded at the trial of her alleged assailant. After a trial to a jury, the defendant, Lawrence Franko, was convicted of sexual assault in the first degree, in violation of General Statutes § 53a-70 (a),1 and sentenced to twenty years imprisonment. The defendant appeals from this judgment.

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