State v. Ayala

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that charging document may be amended to charge “an additional or different offense” provided amendment does not impair defendant’s ability to prepare for trial or present defense
• noting that when defendant’s constitutional right to notice is violated, state must prove constitutional error is harmless beyond reasonable doubt
• ‘‘when certain improprie- ties are of constitutional dimension, the burden falls on the state to establish that the impropriety was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt’’
• ‘‘[i]ndeed, the failure to exercise discretion is an abuse in and of itself’’
• ‘‘the failure to exercise discretion is an abuse in and of itself’’
• ‘‘[i]ndeed, the failure to exercise discretion is an abuse in and of itself’’

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Borelli v. Renaldi
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2020-06-24· cited 24×
• State v. Ruiz-Pacheco
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2020-07-09· cited 18×
• Kelsey v. Commissioner of Correction
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2020-12-22· cited 16×
• State v. Hurdle
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2024-12-10· cited 10×
• State v. Cushard
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2018-04-17· cited 9×
• State v. Morel-Vargas
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2022-05-10· cited 8×
• State v. Greene
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2018-12-11· cited 4×
• State v. Peluso
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2022-08-18· cited 4×
• State v. Joseph V.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2022-12-13· cited 2×
• In re Amias I.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2022-06-29· cited 2×
• State v. Peluso
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2019-01-29· cited 1×
• State v. Sinchak
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2021-06-22· cited 1×
• State v. Orr
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2020-08-04
• Borelli v. Renaldi
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2021-02-16
• Davis v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2025-09-03

Cites

56 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Arizona v. Fulminante
  Supreme Court· 1991-05-20· cited 6,060×
• Neder v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1999-06-10· cited 5,157×
• Johnson v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1997-05-12· cited 4,572×
• Malloy v. Hogan
  Supreme Court· 1964-06-15· cited 3,675×
• Rose v. Clark
  Supreme Court· 1986-07-02· cited 2,431×
• Rock v. Arkansas
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-22· cited 2,329×
• Stirone v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1960-01-11· cited 2,073×
• Russell v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1962-05-21· cited 1,715×
• Brooks v. Tennessee
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-07· cited 601×
• Ferguson v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1961-03-27· cited 363×
• State v. Morrill
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-09-10· cited 146×
• State v. Payne
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2012-01-24· cited 144×
• State v. Tweedy
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1991-07-16· cited 109×
• State v. Perkins
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2004-09-28· cited 92×
• State v. Franko
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-04-22· cited 91×
• State v. Cohane
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1984-06-26· cited 88×
• State v. Martin
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-08-12· cited 86×
• State v. Bergin
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-04-24· cited 83×
• State v. Pare
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2000-07-11· cited 71×
• State v. Washington
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1980-07-01· cited 70×