New Conn. Assault Trial Ordered Over Crucial Tattoo Evidence

By Elizabeth Daley ( August 4, 2025, 8:27 PM EDT) -- A Connecticut appeals court has ordered a new trial for a man sentenced to over five years in prison for an assault at a Denny's, finding that his constitutional rights were violated when a trial court refused to allow potentially exculpatory evidence showing that, unlike the perpetrator, he had no tattoos....

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