Supreme Court of Connecticut· 5/31/1988
State v. Butler
Citations
- 207 Conn. 619
- 543 A.2d 270
- 1988 Conn. LEXIS 134
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- affirming that reasonable doubt instructions do not require use of terms “moral certainty,” “near certainty,” or “utmost certainty”
- “[wjhere the witness denies having made the statement or is unable to recall having done so, extrinsic evidence may be admitted to show it was made”
- defendant in criminal case is entitled to instruction that state must rebut alibi defense beyond reasonable doubt
- defendant in criminal case is entitled to instruction that state must rebut alibi defense beyond reasonable doubt
- defendant in criminal case is entitled to instruction that state must rebut alibi defense beyond reasonable doubt
- “ ‘[f]rom early times, it has consistently been held that it rests within the judicial discretion of the trial court whether to admit the impeaching statements where no foundation has been laid’ ”
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Judges: Hull, Shea
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40 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. OrtizSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2000-03-17· cited 98×
- State v. OrtizSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1991-03-05· cited 91×
- State v. BaileySupreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-12-13· cited 86×
- State v. GriffinSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2000-05-16· cited 49×
- State v. MilardoSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-01-12· cited 45×
- State v. FaustSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-06-25· cited 45×
- Skakel v. StateSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2010-04-20· cited 37×
- State v. CollinsWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1991-08-02· cited 34×
- State v. FariaSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2000-09-26· cited 28×
- Skakel v. Comm'r of Corr.Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2018-05-04· cited 27×
- State v. GreenConnecticut Appellate Court· 2001-03-06· cited 27×
- State v. KwaakConnecticut Appellate Court· 1990-04-03· cited 25×
- State v. BermudezConnecticut Appellate Court· 2006-05-23· cited 22×
- State v. SchoolcraftWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1990-07-25· cited 20×
- People v. RobbColorado Court of Appeals· 2009-04-16· cited 20×
- State v. BowensConnecticut Appellate Court· 1991-05-21· cited 17×
- State v. OwensConnecticut Appellate Court· 2001-05-08· cited 17×
- State v. Willy LevittSupreme Court of Vermont· 2016-05-27· cited 16×
- State v. JacksonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2007-07-10· cited 15×
- State v. RiceConnecticut Appellate Court· 1991-09-03· cited 14×
Cites
27 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. EvansSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1973-06-05· cited 917×
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-07-28· cited 498×
- Miles v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1881-04-18· cited 245×
- State v. DerricoSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1980-06-10· cited 151×
- Schurgast v. SchumannSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1968-05-21· cited 118×
- State v. ReedSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1978-02-28· cited 109×
- State v. ReidSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1984-07-17· cited 108×
- State v. McKnightSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1983-12-13· cited 107×
- Tough v. IvesSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1972-01-26· cited 87×
- United States v. Robert L. PinkneyD.C. Circuit· 1976-08-10· cited 66×
- State v. RyersonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-09-02· cited 60×
- State v. SimmsSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-11-25· cited 60×
- State v. DelVecchioSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1983-09-13· cited 59×
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1980-08-19· cited 54×
- Pluhowsky v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1964-01-28· cited 52×
- State v. HarrisSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1977-01-11· cited 51×
- State v. SaiaSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1976-12-07· cited 48×
- Hutchinson v. PlanteSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1978-04-25· cited 41×
- State v. ParhamSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1978-04-04· cited 39×
- People v. RodgersMichigan Supreme Court· 1972-10-31· cited 38×
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