Supreme Court of Connecticut
State v. Massaro
July 11, 2023347 Conn. 200
Summary
The court affirmed the judgment because any prejudice from excluding the investigator's memorandum was harmless in light of the substantial physical, testimonial, and documentary evidence supporting the drug-sale conviction. It also held that any error in permitting cross-examination presenting the investigator as an expert on narcotics-trafficking practices was harmless because the testimony was cumulative, partly supported the defense, and did not undermine the investigator's account of the witness's inconsistent statement. The court addressed only the harmfulness of the claimed errors, not whether the underlying rulings were erroneous.