Supreme Court of Connecticut· 3/24/1987

State v. Bryant

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202 Conn. 676
523 A.2d 451
1987 Conn. LEXIS 801

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noting that “[acknowledgement of criminal activity is generally made only to confidants or to persons in whom the declarant imposes trust” [internal quotation marks omitted]
assuming relevance, “[i]t is always competent for a [defendant] to [present] evidence tending to show that another committed the crime [with] which he is charged”
declarant's statement that he committed burglary but not sexual assault was \in a very real sense self-incriminatory and unquestionably against interest\ [internal quotation marks omitted]
declarant’s statement that he committed burglary but not sexual assault was “in a very real sense self-incriminatoiy and unquestionably against interest” [internal quotation marks omitted]
exception applies not only to direct confessions, but also to statements that tend to subject speaker to criminal liability
declarant made statements to mother, brother, and friends, as well as unsolicited statement to police officer

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Judges: Healey

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