Supreme Court of Connecticut· 3/21/1994

State v. Davis

Citations

229 Conn. 285
641 A.2d 370
1994 Conn. LEXIS 108

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holding that state has burden of establishing violation of probation by fair preponderance of evidence
noting that “the general rule [in this state is] that when a civil statute is silent as to the applicable standard of proof, the preponderance of the evidence standard governs factual determinations required by that statute”
remanding for new probation revocation hearing when trial court erred by failing to articulate whether it was applying proper standard of proof at evidentiary hearing
probation revocation hearing has two components, whether defendant violated condition of probation and whether probationary status should be revoked
\due process clause of the fourteenth amendment to the United States constitution requires that certain minimum procedural safeguards be observed in the process of revoking the conditional liberty created by probation\ [internal quotation marks omitted]
“due process clause of the fourteenth amendment to the United States constitution requires that certain minimum procedural safeguards be observed in the process of revoking the conditional liberty created by probation” [internal quotation marks omitted]

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Judges: Berdon

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