Supreme Court of Connecticut· 6/20/1989
State v. James
Citations
- 211 Conn. 555
- 560 A.2d 426
- 1989 Conn. LEXIS 175
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- concluding that, although .state statute declares competence of child sexual assault victims, “courts have authority to exclude evidence that may be more prejudicial than probative”
- recognizing legislature’s shared authority with judiciary to enact rules of evidence, but noting court’s prior exercise of its authority to declare such legislative rules violative of constitutional principles, such as due pro cess and equal protection
- noting that “competency is closely related to credibility”
- pre-1995 risk of injury to child statute not same offense as either sexual assault in second degree or sexual assault in fourth degree
- \[i]n 1848 the common law disability of parties to testify as witnesses was removed by a statute now incorporated in General Statutes § 52-145 [a]\
- ‘‘[i]n 1848 the common law disability of parties to testify as witnesses was removed by a statute now incorporated in General Statutes § 52-145 [a]’’
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104 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Williams Ford, Inc. v. Hartford Courant Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1995-04-11· cited 355×
- Bunkley v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-06-03· cited 271×
- State v. RossSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-07-26· cited 228×
- State v. DeJesusSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2008-08-19· cited 196×
- State v. KulmacSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-07-05· cited 159×
- State v. CeballosSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2003-10-21· cited 125×
- State v. FigueroaSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1995-08-15· cited 114×
- State v. ColtonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-08-17· cited 112×
- State v. SantiagoSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-12-29· cited 98×
- State v. ChapmanSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-05-18· cited 94×
- State v. SawyerSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2006-08-08· cited 94×
- State v. BoothSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1999-09-14· cited 89×
- State v. James G.Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2004-04-13· cited 89×
- State v. MarraSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-06-01· cited 83×
- State v. BrunoSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-03-26· cited 78×
- Bartholomew v. SchweizerSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1991-03-12· cited 72×
- State v. RuscoeSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1989-07-25· cited 69×
- State v. HowardSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-03-17· cited 69×
- State v. LockhartSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2010-10-12· cited 68×
- State v. ArlineSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-07-21· cited 60×
Cites
64 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×
- Pennsylvania v. RitchieSupreme Court· 1987-02-24· cited 2,521×
- State v. EvansSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1973-06-05· cited 917×
- State v. WhelanSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-08-05· cited 393×
- California v. TybergSupreme Court· 1986-12-01· cited 383×
- United States v. Franklin Delano GipsonFifth Circuit· 1977-06-06· cited 381×
- State v. RyanWashington Supreme Court· 1984-11-26· cited 344×
- State v. RobinsonArizona Supreme Court· 1987-04-07· cited 253×
- State v. CoutureSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1984-10-02· cited 199×
- State v. KurvinSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-03-30· cited 191×
- State v. JanuszewskiSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1980-08-19· cited 184×
- Logan v. Greenwich Hospital Ass'nSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1983-09-06· cited 171×
- State v. EspositoSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1984-02-07· cited 159×
- Adams v. RubinowSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1968-11-20· cited 156×
- State v. ClementeSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1974-07-02· cited 117×
- State v. DeMatteoSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-04-20· cited 115×
- Handler v. Remington Arms Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1957-03-26· cited 110×
- State v. OuelletteSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1983-05-10· cited 108×
- State v. KempSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-04-22· cited 107×
- State v. DennisSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1963-01-15· cited 101×
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