Opinion
03-08-2022
STATE of Connecticut v. Ulyses R. ALVAREZ
Denise B. Smoker, senior assistant state's attorney, in support of the petition.
Denise B. Smoker, senior assistant state's attorney, in support of the petition.
The state's petition for certification to appeal from the Appellate Court, 209 Conn. App. 250, 267 A.3d 303 (2021), is granted, limited to the following issues:
"1. Did the Appellate Court improperly apply the constitutional harmless error standard to the trial court's failure to disclose certain sealed records under State v. Esposito, 192 Conn. 166, 471 A.2d 949 (1984), instead of the standard typically used for purely evidentiary claims?
"2. Did the Appellate Court incorrectly determine that the trial court had abused its discretion in finding that evidence of the defendant's uncharged misconduct against P was not sufficiently similar to his charged conduct against the complainant, K, in this case?"