Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2/26/2002
State v. Aponte
Citations
- 259 Conn. 512
- 790 A.2d 457
- 2002 Conn. LEXIS 74
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- applying Golding review to claim that defendant’s due process rights were violated when court improperly instructed jury on specific intent element of conspiracy to commit murder
- prohibiting jury instruction that “one who uses a dangerous weapon on the vital part of another ‘will be deemed to have intended’ the probable result of that act and that from such a circumstance the intent to kill properly may be inferred”
- directing trial courts to refrain from instructing jurors that “one who uses a deadly weapon on the vital part of another ‘will be deemed to have intended’ the probable result of that act and that from such a circumstance the intent to kill properly may be inferred”
- directing future trial court ‘‘to refrain from instructing jurors that one who uses a deadly weapon on the vital part of another ‘will be deemed to have intended’ the probable result of that act and that from such a circumstance the intent to kill properly may be inferred’’
- jury instruction to find “specific intent to cause the death of the victim” adequate for crime of conspiracy to commit murder
- failure to instruct jury on essential element of crime deprives defendant of constitutional right to have jury told crimes charged and essential elements of those crimes
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Norcott
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27 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. LedbetterSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2005-09-27· cited 145×
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2005-08-30· cited 74×
- State v. LockhartSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2010-10-12· cited 68×
- State v. WhitfordSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2002-07-02· cited 59×
- State v. BetancesSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2003-08-26· cited 52×
- State v. DiazSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2011-08-16· cited 49×
- State v. O'NeilSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2002-07-23· cited 43×
- State v. LopesConnecticut Appellate Court· 2003-07-29· cited 21×
- State v. HowardConnecticut Appellate Court· 2005-04-12· cited 20×
- State v. DoransSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2002-10-15· cited 19×
- State v. TorresConnecticut Appellate Court· 2004-05-11· cited 19×
- State v. MourningConnecticut Appellate Court· 2007-10-30· cited 17×
- State v. PereiraConnecticut Appellate Court· 2002-09-24· cited 17×
- State v. DiazSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2024-04-09· cited 17×
- In re Leilah W.Connecticut Appellate Court· 2016-06-03· cited 15×
- State v. LaSalleConnecticut Appellate Court· 2006-05-09· cited 12×
- State v. DeJesusConnecticut Appellate Court· 2005-10-25· cited 11×
- In Re CarpenterDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2006-01-19· cited 4×
- State v. WashingtonConnecticut Appellate Court· 2018-11-20· cited 3×
- State v. IngramConnecticut Appellate Court· 2002-10-29· cited 2×
Cites
13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court· 1979-06-18· cited 3,585×
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1989-12-19· cited 2,736×
- State v. HintonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-08-24· cited 156×
- Yuen v. Internal Revenue ServiceSupreme Court· 1981-11-16· cited 129×
- State v. DenbySupreme Court of Connecticut· 1995-12-05· cited 123×
- State v. SchiappaSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1999-03-23· cited 122×
- State v. StankowskiSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1981-05-12· cited 119×
- State v. StanleySupreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-08-25· cited 103×
- State v. TomaskoSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-07-23· cited 73×
- State v. DiazSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-07-02· cited 65×
- State v. PinaSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-02-09· cited 13×
- State v. AponteConnecticut Appellate Court· 2001-04-24· cited 7×
- State v. AponteSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2001-06-19· cited 1×
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