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State v. Clark

Citations

  • 264 Conn. 723
  • 826 A.2d 128
  • 2003 Conn. LEXIS 269

How courts have described this case

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

  • “[i]f anything, its inclusion . . . was to the state’s, and not to the defendant’s, detriment”
  • inclusion of additional elements in charge was, if anything, detrimental to state rather than defendant
  • no constitutional error where final instructions ‘‘merely added an additional element that the state was not required to prove’’
  • “[A] defendant has no burden of persuasion for a claim of self-defense; he has only a burden of production. That is, he merely is required to introduce sufficient evidence to warrant presenting his claim of self-defense to the jury.”
  • describing the difference between subjective and objective elements of self-defense
  • describing the difference between subjective and objective elements of self-defense

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Judges: Borden

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