Supreme Court of Connecticut
State v. Ortega
November 8, 2022345 Conn. 220
Summary
The court affirmed the defendant’s convictions, holding that the victim’s bath-time statements were admissible under the tender years hearsay exception because the totality of the circumstances provided particularized guarantees of trustworthiness. The court declined to review the challenge to the modified transcript because the specific lay-opinion objection was not preserved, and it rejected the continuance claim because counsel elected to proceed without specifying the requested duration. No separate opinions were filed.