State v. Andres C.

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• 349 Conn. 300

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Convicted of the crimes of sexual assault in the third degree and risk of injury to a child in connection with his alleged sexual abuse of the In accordance with our policy of protecting the privacy interests of the victims of sexual abuse and the crime of risk of injury to a child, we decline to identify the victim or others through whom the victim's identity may be ascertained. See General Statutes § 54-86e. Moreover, in accordance with federal law; see 18 U.S.C. § 2265 (d) (3) (2018), as amended by the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022, Pub. L. No. 117-103, § 106, 136 Stat. 49, 851; we decline to identify any person protected or sought to be protected under a protection order, protective order, or a restraining order that was issued or applied for, or others through whom that person's identity may be ascertained. This case originally was scheduled to be argued before a panel of this court consisting of Chief Justice Robinson and Justices McDonald, D'Auria, Mullins and Ecker. Thereafter, Justice Dannehy and Chief Judge Bright were added to the panel and have read the briefs and appendices, and listened to a recording of the oral argument prior to participating in this decision. 349 Conn. 300 JUNE, 2024 301 State v. Andres C. complainant, C, the defendant appealed to the Appellate Court, claiming, inter alia, that he was entitled to the disclosure of the content of certain handwritten journals authored by C because they purportedly consti- tuted a ''statement'' under the relevant rules of practice (§§ 40-13A and 40-15 (1)) and that his rights under Brady v. Maryland (373 U.S. 83) were violated as a result of the procedures the prosecutors employed to review the journals for exculpatory information. C revealed the exis- tence of the journals for the first time at trial, testifying that she created them in connection with the therapy she was receiving after the abuse and that they concerned her relationship with the defendant and the abuse he had