... to 2003) § 54-251 and General Statutes § 54-257. After a hearing, the trial court found that,
because the defendant had failed to register as a sex offender, he had violated the condition
of his probation that required him to not violate any criminal law. ...
... we will maintain the liberal standard, but do so as a limited exception to the prohibition on the
admission of uncharged misconduct evidence in sexual assault cases to prove that the defendant
had a propensity to engage in aberrant and compulsive criminal sexual behavior. ...
... In accordance with these principles, we have not hesitated to revisit and overrule our prior holdings,
including prior holdings applicable to criminal matters; see, eg, State v. Skakel, supra, at 693,
888 A.2d 985; State v. Miranda, supra, at 733-34, 878 A.2d 1118; State v. Colon ...