Supreme Court of Connecticut· 8/24/1993
State v. Cooper
Citations
- 227 Conn. 417
- 630 A.2d 1043
- 1993 Conn. LEXIS 278
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that prior misconduct is admissible to com- plete story of crime on trial by placing it in context of nearby and nearly contemporaneous events
- applying three part balancing test of Nardini to evidence of witness’ 1964 prior conviction for breaking and entering with criminal intent
- “[breaking and entering with criminal intent [is] a crime . . . associated with larceny and, therefore, implying dishonesty in the general sense directly affecting the credibility of [a] witness”
- recognizing correlation between drug dealing and firearms
- finding no abuse of discretion in admission of twenty-six year old conviction
- formation of specific intent does not require planning or premeditation, but rather, it may be formed instantaneously
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Judges: Berdon, Callahan
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92 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. HinesSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1998-03-03· cited 182×
- State v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-09-07· cited 172×
- State v. SkakelSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2006-01-24· cited 153×
- State v. TrineSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-03-12· cited 110×
- State v. SawyerSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2006-08-08· cited 94×
- State v. VegaSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2002-02-12· cited 92×
- State v. ClarkSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2001-01-30· cited 89×
- State v. OrrSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2009-05-26· cited 74×
- State v. FloydSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2000-07-25· cited 73×
- State v. AliSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1995-06-06· cited 72×
- State v. ChanceSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-02-13· cited 71×
- Label Systems Corp. v. Samad AghamohammadiSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2004-07-27· cited 70×
- State v. CarterSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-02-01· cited 69×
- State v. DiazSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-07-02· cited 65×
- State v. CatorSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2001-07-17· cited 63×
- State v. GouldSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-05-20· cited 58×
- State v. GrahamConnecticut Appellate Court· 1994-01-25· cited 58×
- State v. ColtherstSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2003-05-06· cited 50×
- Gifford v. Freedom of Information CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-09-07· cited 47×
- State v. ReddickConnecticut Appellate Court· 1993-12-28· cited 46×
Cites
71 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court· 1966-06-13· cited 58,288×
- Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court· 1976-06-17· cited 4,773×
- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court· 1979-06-18· cited 3,585×
- Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court· 1975-06-09· cited 3,396×
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1989-12-19· cited 2,736×
- Cupp v. NaughtenSupreme Court· 1973-12-04· cited 2,639×
- Francis v. FranklinSupreme Court· 1985-04-29· cited 2,053×
- County Court of Ulster Cty. v. AllenSupreme Court· 1979-06-04· cited 1,990×
- United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court· 1978-06-29· cited 1,267×
- Connecticut v. JohnsonSupreme Court· 1983-02-23· cited 606×
- State v. SharpeSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-04-16· cited 175×
- State v. MillerSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-03-10· cited 165×
- State v. PinnockSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-01-14· cited 150×
- Grumman Aerospace Corp. v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1991-10-15· cited 149×
- State v. MorrillSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-09-10· cited 146×
- State v. MooneySupreme Court of Connecticut· 1991-03-19· cited 145×
- State v. AmarilloSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-01-14· cited 130×
- State v. FlemingSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-01-07· cited 129×
- State v. MasonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-03-30· cited 121×
- State v. GrahamSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-05-27· cited 121×
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