Supreme Court of Connecticut· 6/19/2018
State v. Jordan
Citations
- 186 A.3d 1
- 329 Conn. 272
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- ‘‘[t]he consti- tutional right to present a defense does not include the right to introduce any and all evidence claimed to support it’’
- claim of improper exclusion of evidence of victim’s convictions not constitutional in nature when jury heard testimony that, if credited, would support theory of self-defense
- in homicide or assault prosecution where defendant claims self-defense, defendant may introduce victim's convictions for crimes of violence to show that victim was first aggressor
- claim of improper exclusion of evidence of victim’s convictions not consti- tutional in nature when jury heard testimony that, if credited, would support theory of self-defense
- \we cannot say that a subsequent act of violence . . . could never be probative of whether the victim acted in conformity with that conduct during the charged incident\
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Judges: McDonald
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- State v. Fernando V.Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2019-03-26· cited 38×
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2025-01-14· cited 9×
- State v. BermudezConnecticut Appellate Court· 2020-02-18· cited 8×
- State v. Freddy T.Connecticut Appellate Court· 2020-10-06· cited 7×
- State v. LanierSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2023-07-11· cited 7×
- State v. MyersSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2025-08-12· cited 6×
- State v. TorresSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2022-05-10· cited 3×
- State v. LeniartConnecticut Appellate Court· 2020-06-30· cited 2×
- State v. StreitSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2021-10-22
- Commonwealth v. Shondell Q. RatereeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2025-04-08
- Commonwealth v. Weber AndradeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2025-06-04
- State v. Giovanni D.Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2025-12-09
Cites
17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. Christine, J., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-10-27· cited 147×
- United States v. Ronald Keiser, Jr.Ninth Circuit· 1995-06-16· cited 92×
- State v. BovaSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-03-18· cited 80×
- State v. CarterSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-02-01· cited 69×
- Howard v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 1992-10-19· cited 67×
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-05-05· cited 66×
- State v. AldersonSupreme Court of Kansas· 1996-07-12· cited 65×
- State v. WhitfordSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2002-07-02· cited 59×
- State v. MirandaSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1978-09-12· cited 53×
- State v. SamuelsSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2005-05-10· cited 51×
- State v. JimenezSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-01-18· cited 49×
- Holder v. StateIndiana Supreme Court· 1991-05-30· cited 47×
- State v. SingletonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2009-07-28· cited 45×
- State v. OsimantiSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2010-11-09· cited 35×
- United States v. Rudy GarciaNinth Circuit· 2013-07-19· cited 17×
- State v. AbdalazizSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1999-04-20· cited 17×
- Jordan v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia· 1976-03-05· cited 15×
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