Supreme Court of Connecticut· 8/21/1990
State v. Alvarez
Citations
- 216 Conn. 301
- 579 A.2d 515
- 1990 Conn. LEXIS 323
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- reviewing court will consider only those evidentiary objections raised before trial court and considered by trial court
- assessing inherent unreliability of witness’ prior inconsistent written and tape-recorded statements for purpose of admission as substantive evidence against defendant when witness was available at trial
- trial court did not abuse discretion in admitting witness’ prior statement to police for substantive purposes
- trial court did not abuse discretion in admitting witness’ prior statement to police for substantive purposes
- evidence of witness’ fear was admissible ‘‘to show that [the witness] was afraid and therefore had a motive to testify falsely’’
- “[o]nce counsel states the authority and ground of his objection, any appeal will be limited to the ground asserted” [internal quotation marks omitted]
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Judges: Peters, Callahan, Glass, Covello, Hull
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84 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. RossSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-07-26· cited 228×
- State v. DeJesusSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2008-08-19· cited 196×
- Gaudio v. Griffin Health Services Corp.Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1999-07-20· cited 186×
- State v. HinesSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1998-03-03· cited 182×
- Daley v. Aetna Life & Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1999-08-03· cited 171×
- State v. ColtonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-08-17· cited 112×
- State v. NewsomeSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-08-06· cited 111×
- State v. BorrelliSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-08-10· cited 105×
- State v. WoodsonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-08-03· cited 94×
- State v. SawyerSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2006-08-08· cited 94×
- State v. DuntzSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-07-28· cited 81×
- State v. JolySupreme Court of Connecticut· 1991-06-18· cited 78×
- State v. CassidySupreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-02-27· cited 77×
- State v. ValentineSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-04-15· cited 63×
- State v. BeliveauSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-07-09· cited 53×
- State v. McClendonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1999-05-11· cited 52×
- State v. PappasSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2001-07-24· cited 50×
- State v. LeonardConnecticut Appellate Court· 1993-05-04· cited 45×
- State v. RosalesNew Mexico Supreme Court· 2004-06-03· cited 43×
- State v. GrantSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-02-04· cited 38×
Cites
56 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Delaware v. Van ArsdallSupreme Court· 1986-04-07· cited 7,102×
- Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court· 1980-06-25· cited 5,425×
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1989-12-19· cited 2,736×
- Delaware v. FenstererSupreme Court· 1985-11-04· cited 1,786×
- Kentucky v. StincerSupreme Court· 1987-06-19· cited 1,461×
- United States v. OwensSupreme Court· 1988-02-23· cited 997×
- State v. EvansSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1973-06-05· cited 917×
- State v. WhelanSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-08-05· cited 393×
- California v. TybergSupreme Court· 1986-12-01· cited 383×
- Dunham v. DunhamSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-07-07· cited 301×
- State v. StepneySupreme Court of Connecticut· 1983-08-30· cited 222×
- State v. SharpeSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-04-16· cited 175×
- State v. VitaleSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-09-10· cited 160×
- State v. TaltonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-08-27· cited 140×
- State v. JohnSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1989-04-11· cited 139×
- State v. HernandezSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-07-14· cited 122×
- Velasquez-Mercado v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1989-10-02· cited 122×
- State v. GoldSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1980-05-15· cited 118×
- State v. DelossantosSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1989-05-23· cited 101×
- State v. MastropetreSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1978-08-01· cited 100×
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