Supreme Court of Connecticut· 12/30/2003
State v. Francis
Citations
- 267 Conn. 162
- 836 A.2d 1191
- 2003 Conn. LEXIS 520
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- constitutional violation when court refused to disclose records reflecting extreme drug and alcohol abuse of witness
- subject to sixth amendment to federal constitution, restrictions on scope of cross-examination are within discretion of trial judge
- \restrictions on the scope of cross-examination are within the sound discretion of the trial judge ... but this discretion comes into play only after the defendant has been permitted cross-examination sufficient to satisfy the sixth amendment\ [internal quotation marks omitted]
- “restrictions on the scope of cross-examination are within the sound discretion of the trial judge . . . but this discretion comes into play only after the defendant has been permitted cross-examination sufficient to satisfy the sixth amendment” [internal quotation marks omitted]
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Judges: Zarella
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17 cases in this archive cite this case.
- State v. PeelerSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2004-10-12· cited 157×
- State v. Chasity WestSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2005-07-26· cited 64×
- State v. SwintonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2004-05-11· cited 54×
- State v. MirandaSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2005-08-02· cited 48×
- State v. MooreSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2009-11-03· cited 41×
- Kelo v. City of New LondonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2004-03-09· cited 40×
- State v. BrownSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2005-04-12· cited 30×
- State v. AyalaSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2019-09-24· cited 13×
- State of Connecticut v. WrightConnecticut Appellate Court· 2014-04-29· cited 8×
- State v. SulserConnecticut Appellate Court· 2008-08-26· cited 6×
- State v. FrancisConnecticut Appellate Court· 2004-06-01· cited 5×
- State v. MARTIN M.Connecticut Appellate Court· 2009-06-16· cited 4×
- Milligan v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska· 2012-09-21· cited 4×
- State v. Na'im B.Connecticut Appellate Court· 2009-04-21· cited 3×
- State v. RosaConnecticut Appellate Court· 2025-06-10· cited 1×
- State v. PhillipsConnecticut Appellate Court· 2015-10-13
- State v. LavecchiaConnecticut Appellate Court· 2021-09-14
Cites
33 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×
- Delaware v. FenstererSupreme Court· 1985-11-04· cited 1,786×
- State v. AshermanSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1984-07-17· cited 255×
- State v. VitaleSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-09-10· cited 160×
- United States v. Guy J. WestmorelandSeventh Circuit· 2001-02-15· cited 141×
- State v. JohnSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1989-04-11· cited 139×
- State v. GaynorSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1980-12-16· cited 123×
- State v. JoynerSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-05-04· cited 123×
- Velasquez-Mercado v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1989-10-02· cited 122×
- State v. DelossantosSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1989-05-23· cited 101×
- State v. StorlazziSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1983-09-13· cited 99×
- State v. HawkinsSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1977-07-15· cited 94×
- State v. HuffordSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-12-01· cited 88×
- State v. SaurisSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-08-24· cited 81×
- State v. BrunoSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-03-26· cited 78×
- Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. GardnerSupreme Court· 1989-02-21· cited 73×
- State v. PiersonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-08-26· cited 69×
- State v. PayneSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1991-05-21· cited 62×
- State v. GiguereSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1981-06-09· cited 61×
- State v. MorantSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-08-26· cited 60×
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