Supreme Court of Connecticut
State v. Eleck
October 21, 2014
Summary
The court affirmed the defendant's conviction because, even assuming the trial court improperly excluded a Facebook message printout offered to impeach a prosecution witness, the error was harmless. The defendant failed to show that admitting the printout would have substantially affected the verdict, particularly because he testified about receiving messages from the witness's account and the prosecution presented strong evidence connecting him to the stabbing. The court therefore did not decide whether the messages were properly authenticated.