State v. Courchesne

How courts have described this case

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

• rejecting claim that death sentence was arbitrary for ‘‘the same essential reasons that we conclude that the evidence was sufficient to support the imposition of the death penalty under our capital sentencing scheme’’
• “limitations on ex post facto judicial decisionmaking are inherent in the notion of due process” [internal quotation marks omitted]
• \it is axiomatic that 'those who promulgate statutes ... do not intend ... absurd consequences or bizarre results' \
• ‘‘it is axiomatic that ‘those who promulgate statutes . . . do not intend . . . absurd consequences or bizarre results’ ’’
• \a statute is not unconstitutional merely because it is ambiguous or requires further investigation\
• “it is axiomatic that those who promulgate statutes ... do not intend to promulgate statutes . . . that lead to absurd consequences or bizarre results” [internal quotation marks omitted]

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

60 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Commonwealth v. Lyles
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-07-21· cited 152×
• State v. Campbell
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2018-01-26· cited 64×
• State v. Rizzo
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2011-11-29· cited 62×
• Electrical Contractors, Inc. v. Department of Education
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2012-01-17· cited 55×
• Bennett v. New Milford Hospital, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2011-01-05· cited 46×
• McCoy v. Commissioner of Public Safety
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2011-01-05· cited 39×
• Raftopol v. Ramey
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2011-01-05· cited 29×
• Fairchild Heights, Inc. v. Dickal
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2012-06-26· cited 26×
• Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities v. Edge Fitness, LLC
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2022-01-25· cited 20×
• State v. Panek
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2018-01-31· cited 19×
• State v. Lamantia
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2020-09-03· cited 18×
• State v. Benton
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2012-05-29· cited 16×
• State v. Pond
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2012-09-25· cited 15×
• Pereira v. State Bd. of Educ.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2012-02-28· cited 14×
• State v. Fernandes
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2011-01-05· cited 14×
• Hamilton v. Scott
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2012-05-18· cited 14×
• State v. Honsch
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2024-07-19· cited 13×
• State v. Petersen
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2011-07-05· cited 12×
• Hawaii State Teachers Ass'n v. Hawaii Public Employment Relations Board
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1979-02-08· cited 11×
• State v. Bell
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2011-12-27· cited 11×

Cites

278 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Miranda v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1966-06-13· cited 58,288×
• Terry v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 37,942×
• Schneckloth v. Bustamonte
  Supreme Court· 1973-05-29· cited 11,783×
• Mapp v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1961-10-09· cited 9,088×
• United States v. Mendenhall
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-30· cited 6,313×
• Roe v. Wade
  Supreme Court· 1973-01-22· cited 5,581×
• Adams v. Williams
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-12· cited 5,118×
• Buckley v. Valeo
  Supreme Court· 1976-02-27· cited 4,982×
• Burks v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-14· cited 4,912×
• Grayned v. City of Rockford
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-26· cited 4,166×
• Alabama v. White
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-11· cited 3,282×
• Pinkerton v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1946-10-14· cited 3,200×
• State v. Golding
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1989-12-19· cited 2,736×
• Weaver v. Graham
  Supreme Court· 1981-02-24· cited 2,482×
• United States v. Hensley
  Supreme Court· 1985-01-08· cited 2,340×
• Marks v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1977-03-01· cited 2,149×
• United States v. Lanier
  Supreme Court· 1997-03-31· cited 2,070×
• Collins v. Youngblood
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-21· cited 1,864×
• United States v. Harriss
  Supreme Court· 1954-06-07· cited 1,827×
• Bouie v. City of Columbia
  Supreme Court· 1964-06-22· cited 1,779×