State of Connecticut v. Earl Martin Erickson

Summary

The court affirmed the defendant’s convictions for assaulting an elderly person and assaulting public safety personnel. It held that the trial court properly denied a request to inspect the state marshal’s personnel file, reasonably limited cross-examination concerning alleged financial misconduct and a potential civil claim, and excluded a third party’s vague and insufficiently relevant testimony about an earlier service attempt. The court also concluded that the defendant’s asserted defenses failed as to the elderly-person assault because, under his own account, the marshal was leaving when he was pushed.