State of Connecticut v. Billy Ray Wright.

Summary

The court reversed the Appellate Court's judgment ordering a new trial and directed it to affirm the defendant's murder conviction. It held that the trial court did not improperly limit the defendant's cross-examination because the defendant failed to make an adequate offer of proof showing that the police had deviated from routine practices or standard investigative procedures relevant to potentially exculpatory evidence. The defendant was permitted to question the officers about what they did or failed to do in this investigation, but he did not establish a foundation for broader testimony about police practices generally.