Supreme Court of Connecticut· 8/13/1996
State v. Harrell
Citations
- 238 Conn. 828
- 681 A.2d 944
- 1996 Conn. LEXIS 310
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that ambiguity surrounding definition of “murder” in capital felony statute must be construed in defendant’s favor
- declining to apply rule of lenity to interpretation of capital felony statutes
- statutory construction implicating death penalty must be based on conclusion that legislature has clearly and unambiguously made intention known, and rules of strict construction and lenity especially pertinent to death penalty statute
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Judges: Norcott
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20 cases in this archive cite this case.
- State v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2003-06-03· cited 248×
- State v. CourchesneSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2003-03-11· cited 204×
- State v. PeelerSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2004-10-12· cited 157×
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2000-05-02· cited 89×
- State v. CourchesneSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2010-06-15· cited 86×
- State v. HigginsSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2003-07-29· cited 60×
- State v. LuttersSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2004-07-20· cited 51×
- State v. ColtherstSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2003-05-06· cited 50×
- State v. SmallSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-07-29· cited 47×
- State v. BrowneConnecticut Appellate Court· 2004-08-10· cited 36×
- State v. DesimoneSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-07-01· cited 35×
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-07-22· cited 29×
- State v. ScottSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2001-07-03· cited 28×
- United States v. Bin LadenS.D. New York· 2000-03-13· cited 25×
- State v. AlbertConnecticut Appellate Court· 1998-10-13· cited 22×
- Tureck v. GeorgeConnecticut Appellate Court· 1997-01-28· cited 18×
- State v. ValinskiConnecticut Appellate Court· 1999-04-28· cited 8×
- State v. AmadoConnecticut Appellate Court· 1998-10-06· cited 7×
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2025-06-10· cited 5×
- George M. v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court· 2007-05-08· cited 3×
Cites
13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- State v. RossSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-07-26· cited 228×
- State v. BrownSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1995-12-19· cited 163×
- State v. ChicanoSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-12-25· cited 162×
- State v. HintonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-08-24· cited 156×
- State v. MetzSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-08-02· cited 115×
- State v. BretonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1989-07-25· cited 95×
- State v. JonesSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1995-07-18· cited 85×
- State v. SpearsSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1995-07-04· cited 76×
- State v. BurnsSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-02-06· cited 75×
- Red Rooster Construction Co. v. River Associates, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-02-09· cited 65×
- State v. McGannSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-03-18· cited 60×
- State v. YoungSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1983-12-27· cited 58×
- State v. DupreeSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-07-16· cited 52×
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