Supreme Court of Connecticut· 8/17/1993
State v. Colton
Citations
- 227 Conn. 231
- 630 A.2d 577
- 1993 Conn. LEXIS 270
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- confrontation clause violation not harmless where improperly admitted testimony formed basis of jury’s conviction and had it not been credited, jury would not have been able to convict
- exclusion of evidence bearing on motivation of state’s chief witness, when no other evi- dence corroborated material aspects of witness’ testi- mony, was harmful error
- exclusion of extrinsic evidence impeaching key witness's motive, bias, and interest violated defendant's confrontation rights
- exclusion of extrinsic evidence impeaching key witness's motive, bias, and interest violated defendant's confrontation rights
- ‘‘[t]he exclusion of evidence bearing on the motivation of a chief witness for the state, particularly when no other evidence corroborated material aspects of the witness’ testimony, is harmful error’’
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96 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. RossSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-07-26· cited 228×
- Gaudio v. Griffin Health Services Corp.Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1999-07-20· cited 186×
- State v. HinesSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1998-03-03· cited 182×
- State v. PeelerSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2004-10-12· cited 157×
- State v. ColtonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1995-08-08· cited 130×
- State v. PierreSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2006-01-31· cited 116×
- Pet v. Department of Health ServicesSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-03-08· cited 99×
- State v. FergusonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2002-05-28· cited 96×
- State v. BergerSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1999-06-01· cited 82×
- State v. BovaSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-03-18· cited 80×
- State v. FrancisSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-12-14· cited 79×
- State v. ChanceSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-02-13· cited 71×
- State v. CarterSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-02-01· cited 69×
- State v. RolonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2001-07-31· cited 69×
- State v. CerretaSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2002-05-21· cited 67×
- State v. DiazSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-07-02· cited 65×
- State v. Chasity WestSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2005-07-26· cited 64×
- State v. ValentineSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-04-15· cited 63×
- State v. ShabazzSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1998-09-08· cited 63×
- State v. KelleySupreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-05-18· cited 59×
Cites
32 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court· 1974-02-27· cited 5,953×
- Douglas v. AlabamaSupreme Court· 1965-04-05· cited 1,939×
- Greene v. McElroySupreme Court· 1959-06-29· cited 1,385×
- State v. MillerSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-03-10· cited 165×
- State v. VitaleSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-09-10· cited 160×
- State v. SinclairSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-11-12· cited 145×
- State v. GaynorSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1980-12-16· cited 123×
- State v. JamesSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1989-06-20· cited 120×
- State v. LewisSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1991-12-17· cited 107×
- State v. SantiagoSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-12-29· cited 98×
- State v. OnofrioSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1979-09-04· cited 97×
- State v. AlvarezSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-08-21· cited 95×
- State v. BolesSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-08-18· cited 89×
- United States v. Richard Anderson, United States of America v. Kenneth v. GreenwoodD.C. Circuit· 1989-08-11· cited 85×
- State v. LubeskySupreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-03-19· cited 84×
- State v. MilnerSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-03-15· cited 83×
- State v. MilumSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-11-19· cited 77×
- State v. NegronSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-03-03· cited 73×
- State v. OrtizSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-12-31· cited 67×
- State v. PayneSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1991-05-21· cited 62×
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