Supreme Court of Connecticut· 4/19/2005
State v. Gary
Citations
- 869 A.2d 1236
- 273 Conn. 393
- 2005 Conn. LEXIS 125
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- mistrial is drastic and disfavored remedy that should not be granted if other curative action can obviate any prejudice suffered
- intent may be inferred from ‘‘the events leading to and immediately following the death’’ [internal quotation marks omitted]
- proper for jury to consider both use of gun and circumstances surrounding shooting to determine whether defendant discharged gun with intent to kill
- defendant who, under chaotic circumstances, shot bystander rather than intended target possessed intent to kill
- ‘‘it is a permissible, albeit not a neces- Page 28 CONNECTICUT LAW JOURNAL January 28, 2025 168 JANUARY, 2025 351 Conn. 143 State v. Ziolkowski sary or mandatory, inference that a defendant intended the natural consequences of his voluntary conduct’’ (internal quotation marks omitted)
- ‘‘we conclude that the jury reasonably could have found that the evidence that [the victim] and the defendant had been involved in an altercation and that [the victim] had punched the defendant supported an infer- ence that the defendant had a motive to kill [the victim]’’
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Judges: Sullivan, Norcott, Katz, Palmer, Zarella
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27 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. LedbetterSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2005-09-27· cited 145×
- State v. CalabreseSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2006-08-15· cited 72×
- State v. DavisSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2007-07-31· cited 68×
- State v. OrtizSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2006-12-26· cited 67×
- State v. LopezSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2007-01-02· cited 63×
- State v. MorganSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2005-08-02· cited 60×
- State v. OttoSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2012-06-05· cited 58×
- Hall v. BergmanSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2010-05-11· cited 32×
- State v. BestSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2020-10-14· cited 30×
- State v. AvilesConnecticut Appellate Court· 2008-04-22· cited 16×
- State v. MarciszConnecticut Appellate Court· 2007-01-02· cited 13×
- State v. LaSalleConnecticut Appellate Court· 2006-05-09· cited 12×
- State v. FalconConnecticut Appellate Court· 2005-07-05· cited 12×
- State v. RiceConnecticut Appellate Court· 2007-12-25· cited 12×
- State v. LegnaniConnecticut Appellate Court· 2008-07-29· cited 11×
- State v. FranklinConnecticut Appellate Court· 2017-07-25· cited 10×
- State v. RiceConnecticut Appellate Court· 2007-10-23· cited 9×
- State v. AliConnecticut Appellate Court· 2005-11-29· cited 8×
- State v. RichardsConnecticut Appellate Court· 2020-03-10· cited 6×
- State v. RiveraConnecticut Appellate Court· 2005-07-19· cited 5×
Cites
23 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1989-12-19· cited 2,736×
- Burch v. LouisianaSupreme Court· 1979-04-17· cited 255×
- State v. SivriSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-08-23· cited 184×
- State v. PrioleauSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1995-08-22· cited 166×
- State v. BrownSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1995-12-19· cited 163×
- State v. PeelerSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2004-10-12· cited 157×
- Aillon v. StateSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1975-06-03· cited 109×
- State v. StanleySupreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-08-25· cited 103×
- State v. JenningsSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-12-11· cited 100×
- State v. DecaroSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2000-02-29· cited 92×
- State v. MeehanSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2002-05-28· cited 69×
- State v. SawyerSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-08-31· cited 66×
- State v. HigginsSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2003-07-29· cited 60×
- State v. George B.Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2001-12-25· cited 59×
- Josephson v. MeyersSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1980-04-22· cited 52×
- State v. EdwardsSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-02-27· cited 49×
- State v. RoySupreme Court of Connecticut· 1995-05-16· cited 43×
- Enquire Printing & Publishing Co. v. O'ReillySupreme Court of Connecticut· 1984-06-12· cited 40×
- State v. BlackmanSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1998-08-25· cited 36×
- State v. FelicianoSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2001-06-19· cited 31×
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