Supreme Court of Connecticut· 3/30/1993
State v. Adams
Citations
- 225 Conn. 270
- 623 A.2d 42
- 1993 Conn. LEXIS 94
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- because consciousness of guilt instruction allowed permissive inference, claim that instruction unconstitutionally diluted state’s burden of proof had no merit
- because consciousness of guilt instruction allowed permissive inference, it did not implicate constitutional right and, thus, claim that instruction unconstitutionally diluted state’s burden of proof had no merit
- unpreserved insufficiency of evidence claims implicate due process rights and are reviewable on appeal
- “ ‘[a] reasonable doubt is a doubt for which a valid reason can be assigned’ and ‘is such a doubt as in serious affairs which concern yourselves you would . . . heed’ ”
- ‘a doubt for which a valid reason can be assigned’
- reasonable doubt is doubt for which valid reason can be assigned
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Judges: Berdon, Norcott
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118 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. RossSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-07-26· cited 228×
- Doe v. Yale UniversitySupreme Court of Connecticut· 2000-04-11· cited 223×
- State v. PaduaSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2005-03-29· cited 162×
- State v. WaltonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-08-03· cited 157×
- State v. RizzoSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2003-10-14· cited 127×
- State v. FaganSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2006-09-26· cited 122×
- State v. OrtizSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2000-03-17· cited 98×
- State v. LewisSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1998-08-04· cited 93×
- State v. DashSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-07-29· cited 87×
- State v. SaurisSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-08-24· cited 81×
- State v. FrancisSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-12-14· cited 79×
- State v. BrunoSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-03-26· cited 78×
- State v. MejiaSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1995-05-23· cited 69×
- State v. MorantSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-08-26· cited 60×
- State v. KelleySupreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-05-18· cited 59×
- State v. FordSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-08-09· cited 59×
- State v. GrahamConnecticut Appellate Court· 1994-01-25· cited 58×
- State v. CampbellSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-06-01· cited 53×
- State v. AlstonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2005-01-11· cited 52×
- State v. MerrittConnecticut Appellate Court· 1994-07-29· cited 52×
Cites
40 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court· 1979-06-18· cited 3,585×
- Washington v. TexasSupreme Court· 1967-06-12· cited 3,395×
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1989-12-19· cited 2,736×
- State v. EvansSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1973-06-05· cited 917×
- State v. LeecanSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-02-04· cited 192×
- State v. PinnockSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-01-14· cited 150×
- State v. DeMatteoSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-04-20· cited 115×
- State v. RodgersSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-12-17· cited 113×
- State v. StanleySupreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-08-25· cited 103×
- State v. CastonguaySupreme Court of Connecticut· 1991-05-07· cited 101×
- State v. BunkleySupreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-03-24· cited 94×
- State v. BaileySupreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-12-13· cited 86×
- State v. TillmanSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1991-12-03· cited 86×
- State v. JolySupreme Court of Connecticut· 1991-06-18· cited 78×
- State v. FullerSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-03-25· cited 70×
- State v. RuscoeSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1989-07-25· cited 69×
- State v. BriceSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-03-16· cited 67×
- McGee v. Screw Conveyor Corp.Supreme Court· 1992-06-22· cited 67×
- State v. GrantSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1991-07-23· cited 64×
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