Supreme Court of Connecticut· 8/6/1991
State v. Cofield
Citations
- 220 Conn. 38
- 595 A.2d 1349
- 1991 Conn. LEXIS 385
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- declining to consider whether recent United States Supreme Court decision also applied under state constitution when existing federal constitutional law was dispositive
- declining to consider whether recent United States Supreme Court decision also applied under state constitution when existing federal constitutional law was dispositive
- \[c]onstitutional issues are not considered unless absolutely necessary to the decision of a case\ [internal quotation marks omitted]
- “[cjonstitutional issues are not considered unless absolutely necessary to the decision of a case” [internal quotation marks omitted]
- \[c]onstitutional issues are not considered unless absolutely necessary to the decision of a case\ [internal quotation marks omitted]
- the court “made clear in Barton that the informant’s ‘veracity,’ ‘reliability,’ and ‘basis of knowledge’ remain ‘highly relevant’ ”
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Judges: Glass, Shea
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59 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. OquendoSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-08-25· cited 219×
- State v. TrineSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-03-12· cited 110×
- Commonwealth v. RodriquezSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-09-18· cited 101×
- State v. DeFuscoSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-02-23· cited 96×
- State v. KylesSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-04-21· cited 85×
- State v. EadySupreme Court of Connecticut· 1999-07-06· cited 77×
- Lester v. Resort Camplands International, Inc.Connecticut Appellate Court· 1992-03-17· cited 76×
- State v. TorresSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-07-26· cited 74×
- State v. GantSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-08-23· cited 74×
- State v. DonahueSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1999-12-21· cited 70×
- State v. WinotSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2010-02-16· cited 69×
- State v. GroomesSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1995-03-28· cited 65×
- State v. McCahillSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2002-08-20· cited 61×
- State v. WilkinsSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-04-22· cited 59×
- Carrano v. Yale-New Haven HospitalSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2006-08-22· cited 49×
- State v. RodriguezSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-07-28· cited 48×
- State v. LeonardConnecticut Appellate Court· 1993-05-04· cited 45×
- State v. CooperConnecticut Appellate Court· 1995-08-08· cited 43×
- State v. HarrisonConnecticut Appellate Court· 1993-01-19· cited 42×
- State v. LipscombSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2001-09-11· cited 40×
Cites
33 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 37,942×
- Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court· 1983-06-08· cited 16,716×
- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court· 1964-06-15· cited 7,289×
- Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1969-01-27· cited 6,223×
- United States v. CortezSupreme Court· 1981-01-21· cited 5,975×
- Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court· 1972-06-12· cited 5,118×
- United States v. SokolowSupreme Court· 1989-04-03· cited 4,647×
- California v. Hodari D.Supreme Court· 1991-04-23· cited 3,670×
- Alabama v. WhiteSupreme Court· 1990-06-11· cited 3,282×
- Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley AuthoritySupreme Court· 1936-02-17· cited 3,147×
- Wolf v. ColoradoSupreme Court· 1949-06-27· cited 1,554×
- Pandolphe's Auto Parts, Inc. v. Town of ManchesterSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1980-06-17· cited 694×
- Seath v. Regulations & Permits AdministrationSupreme Court· 1983-08-23· cited 251×
- State v. LammeSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-08-07· cited 207×
- State v. JanuszewskiSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1980-08-19· cited 184×
- State v. BartonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1991-07-16· cited 178×
- People v. BowerCalifornia Supreme Court· 1979-07-17· cited 132×
- State v. MitchellSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-06-23· cited 110×
- People v. AldridgeCalifornia Supreme Court· 1984-01-26· cited 103×
- State v. OnofrioSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1979-09-04· cited 97×
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