State v. Gaines

How courts have described this case

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

• taking judicial notice of transcript relevant to issue of whether defense attorney had conflict of interest
• taking judicial notice, in context of conflict of interest claim, of transcript from another defendant’s case and other court files not referenced in trial court
• taking judicial notice of transcript relevant to issue of whether defense attorney had conflict of interest
• reviewing claim without determining whether it was preserved because defendant could not prevail on claim
• reviewing potentially unpreserved claim without deciding whether claim preserved because party clearly could not prevail
• when evidence of conflict of interest is sufficient to alert reasonable trial court that defendant’s sixth amendment right to effective assistance of counsel is in jeopardy, trial court has duty to inquire into conflict sua sponte

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In re Christina M.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2006-11-07· cited 38×
• State v. Lenarz
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2011-07-19· cited 25×
• State v. Pagan
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2003-03-11· cited 22×
• Anderson v. Commissioner of Correction
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2011-03-29· cited 19×
• State v. Rios
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2017-02-28· cited 16×
• State v. Antonaras
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2012-08-28· cited 16×
• State v. Grant
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2004-05-25· cited 14×
• Myers v. Commissioner of Correction
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2002-01-25· cited 8×
• State v. Luna
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2021-09-28· cited 4×
• In Re Lyric H.
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2009-05-26· cited 3×
• State v. Lanier
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2021-07-06· cited 3×
• State v. Shipman
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2013-04-23· cited 3×
• Moore v. Commissioner of Correction
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2024-08-20· cited 3×
• Papantoniou v. Commissioner of Correction
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2025-10-14· cited 3×
• W. K. v. M. S.
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2022-05-17· cited 2×
• Blumberg Associates Worldwide, Inc. v. Brown & Brown of Connecticut, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2014-02-18
• State v. Tilus
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2015-05-26
• State v. Wilkins
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2015-09-01
• Gonzalez v. O. & G. Industries, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2016-08-02

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Gideon v. Wainwright
  Supreme Court· 1963-03-18· cited 7,325×
• Cuyler v. Sullivan
  Supreme Court· 1980-05-12· cited 5,389×
• Powell v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 1932-11-07· cited 4,979×
• State v. Golding
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1989-12-19· cited 2,736×
• Holloway v. Arkansas
  Supreme Court· 1978-04-03· cited 2,478×
• Griffin v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1991-12-03· cited 1,353×
• Hamilton v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 1961-11-13· cited 1,308×
• Wood v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1981-03-04· cited 1,161×
• White v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1963-04-29· cited 1,066×
• State v. Spigarolo
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1989-03-14· cited 159×
• State v. Mason
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-03-30· cited 121×
• State v. Jennings
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-12-11· cited 100×
• State v. Crespo
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1998-09-01· cited 92×
• Richardson v. West
  Supreme Court· 1999-01-25· cited 90×
• State v. Robinson
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1989-12-19· cited 89×
• State v. Martin
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-08-12· cited 86×
• State v. White
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-03-16· cited 76×
• Festo v. Luckart
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1983-12-27· cited 38×
• State v. Colon
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2001-08-14· cited 23×
• State v. Cruz
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1996-06-25· cited 20×