Supreme Court of Connecticut· 4/9/1985
State v. Alfonso
Citations
- 195 Conn. 624
- 490 A.2d 75
- 1985 Conn. LEXIS 730
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- recognizing that, “‘[w]hile it is true that it is within the province of the jury to accept or reject a defendant’s testimony, a jury in rejecting such testimony cannot conclude that the opposite is true’”
- holding evidence of possession insufficient as to one of two counts on which defendant convicted
- without supporting evidence, no inference could be made that the defendant possessed the marihuana found in the common area of an apartment
- insufficient evidence to infer possession of one drug, but sufficient evidence, including additional predicate facts, to allow inference of possession of another drug
- statement by defendant that cocaine seized from multiple occupant apartment was his sufficient to show possession
- drugs found in common area of an apartment were not possessed by the defendant
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Parskey, Peters
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73 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Connecticut National Bank v. DouglasSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-04-07· cited 233×
- State v. PaduaSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2005-03-29· cited 162×
- Russell v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-06-10· cited 142×
- State v. HernandezSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-07-14· cited 122×
- State v. DelossantosSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1989-05-23· cited 101×
- State v. TosteSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-02-11· cited 99×
- State v. SantiagoSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1998-07-14· cited 99×
- Shelnitz v. GreenbergSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-05-27· cited 92×
- State v. CopasSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2000-03-14· cited 84×
- State v. BergerSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1999-06-01· cited 82×
- State v. Chong ChungSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-01-13· cited 77×
- State v. SomervilleSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-04-03· cited 57×
- State v. AversaSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-12-03· cited 56×
- State v. HartSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-04-07· cited 56×
- State v. UsrySupreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-11-17· cited 49×
- State v. ReddickSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-05-10· cited 49×
- State v. ColemanConnecticut Appellate Court· 1988-06-14· cited 48×
- State v. BrunoriConnecticut Appellate Court· 1990-07-24· cited 41×
- State v. RhodesSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2020-03-27· cited 39×
- State v. RomaSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-03-11· cited 37×
Cites
22 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court· 1966-06-13· cited 58,288×
- North Carolina v. ButlerSupreme Court· 1979-04-24· cited 2,172×
- Secondino v. New Haven Gas Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1960-11-15· cited 311×
- State v. JonesSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1984-04-24· cited 160×
- State v. BrownSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1975-12-09· cited 134×
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1975-08-05· cited 123×
- State v. ScielzoSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1983-05-24· cited 113×
- Turner v. ScanlonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1959-01-27· cited 93×
- William Evans and Josephine Evans v. United StatesNinth Circuit· 1958-10-20· cited 88×
- State v. ZayasSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-04-09· cited 82×
- State v. HarrisSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-11-23· cited 74×
- State v. RothenbergSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-02-19· cited 73×
- Anderson v. AndersonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1983-08-09· cited 56×
- Harris v. TexasSupreme Court· 1971-01-15· cited 55×
- State v. RosaSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1976-03-23· cited 52×
- Novak v. AndersonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1979-07-24· cited 49×
- State v. PerrySupreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-03-19· cited 45×
- State v. CarrioneSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-12-21· cited 43×
- State v. HarrisSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1970-06-23· cited 39×
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-01-01· cited 29×
Other cases named State v. Alfonso
11 other CourtListener records share this case name.
- State v. AlfonsoSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1999-12-07· cited 32×
- State v. AlfonsoLouisiana Court of Appeal· 1986-10-14· cited 17×
- State v. AlfonsoHawaii Supreme Court· 1982-07-14· cited 13×
- State v. AlfonsoDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-11-13· cited 9×
- State v. AlfonsoCourt of Appeals of Washington· 1985-06-27· cited 6×
- State v. AlfonsoDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-07-13· cited 5×
- State v. AlfonsoSupreme Court of Florida· 1996-07-18· cited 2×
- State v. AlfonsoConnecticut Appellate Court· 1985-01-29· cited 2×
- State v. AlfonsoSupreme Court of New Jersey· 1992-02-14
- State v. AlfonsoSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1987-01-30
- State v. AlfonsoDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-12-11
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