State v. Delacruz-Gomez

Citations

• 350 Conn. 19

Syllabus

The defendant appealed, on the granting of certification, from the judgment of the Appellate Court, which affirmed the judgment of conviction of assault of public safety personnel and interfering with an officer. The defendant claimed that the Appellate Court incorrectly determined that the trial court had not abused its discretion when it allowed testimony naming the felony charges in the warrant for the defendant's arrest and identifying the task force that executed that warrant as the ''Violent Fugitive Task Force.'' Held: The trial court did not abuse its discretion when it admitted the names of the felony charges listed in the arrest warrant as evidence of uncharged misconduct, as the probative value of the evidence was strong and the trial court undertook sufficient measures to mitigate any potentially undue prejudice. Although the testimony concerning the name of the task force should not have been admitted because it had no probative value and was unfairly prejudicial, the defendant failed to satisfy his burden of demonstrating that the error was harmful. Argued March 27—officially released July 25, 2024