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STATE v. HIGGINS

(AC 21913)

74 Conn. App. 473 (2003)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. ALBERT HIGGINS

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Officially released January 7, 2003

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Salvatore Bonanno, with whom were Michael A. Georgetti and, on the brief, Janis C. Jerman, for the appellant (defendant).

John A. East III, senior assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were John M. Bailey, former chief state's attorney, Kimberley N. Perrelli, senior assistant state's attorney, and Joy K. Fausey, former deputy assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

Schaller, Flynn and West, Js.

Opinion

FLYNN, J.

The principal issue to be decided in this appeal is whether, in light of the defendant's acquittal of the crimes of sexual assault in the first degree and risk of injury to a child, the jury was foreclosed from using evidence from the state's case-in-chief that the defendant had sexually molested the victim in considering his guilt for the crime of tampering with a witness. We conclude that it was not foreclosed from considering...

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