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State v. Couture

Citations

  • 218 Conn. 309
  • 589 A.2d 343
  • 1991 Conn. LEXIS 110

How courts have described this case

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

  • statements made while transporting stolen goods to safe hiding place were in furtherance of conspiracy
  • \The fourteenth amendment has long been held to forbid unequal treatment at the venire stage of jury selection\
  • claim of systematic exclusion failed for lack of sufficient evidence when defendant could have, but failed to, offer evidence that Jewish persons, in fact, postponed jury service because of Passover
  • fair cross section claim for lack of Jewish jury members failed for lack of sufficient evidence when defendant did not present evidence of number of Jewish persons residing in particular judicial district
  • amendment filed after the expiration of a statute of limitation which added allegations that the defendant was acting either willfully, wantonly and maliciously or, outside the scope of employment, does not constitute a new cause of action.
  • fair cross section claim failed for lack of sufficient evidence when defendant did not present evidence of “whether the representation of Jews in Waterbury panels of veniremen was fair and reasonable in relation to the number of Jews residing in the judicial district”

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Judges: Santaniello

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