State v. Enrrique H.

Citations

• 353 Conn. 823

Syllabus

Pursuant to statute (§ 53a-217 (a) (4) (A)), a person is guilty of criminal possession of a firearm or ammunition when that person possesses a firearm 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) (2024); 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. 824 DECEMBER, 2025 353 Conn. 823 State v. Enrrique H. or ammunition and knows that he or she is subject to a restraining or protective order ''in a case involving the use, attempted use or threatened use of physical force against another person . . . .'' Convicted, on a conditional plea of nolo contendere, of criminal possession of a firearm or ammunition and criminal violation of a protective order, the defendant appealed. The defendant's conviction stemmed from two prior cases in which he had been charged with sexual assault in the fourth degree and risk of injury to a child in connection with his abuse of a minor family member. In each of those cases, the trial court issued a protective order requiring the defendant to surrender all of his firearms and ammunition. In the present case, the state alleged, inter alia, that the defendant had pos- sessed firearms or ammunition in violation of those protective orders. On appeal, the defendant claimed, inter alia, that the trial court had improperly denied his motion to dismiss the criminal possession of a firearm or ammuni- tion charge brought under § 53a-217 (a) (4) (A), contending that the protec- tive orders that formed the basis for that charge were not issued ''in a case involving the use, at