Supreme Court of Connecticut· 12/13/1983
State v. McKnight
Citations
- 191 Conn. 564
- 469 A.2d 397
- 1983 Conn. LEXIS 626
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- referring to “the concept of the trial as a truth-finding process”
- substitute information alleging that different partici- pant in robbery, not defendant, threatened to use fire- arm did not prejudice defendant who asserted alibi defense
- substitute information alleging that a different participant in a robbery, not the defendant, threatened to use a firearm did not prejudice the defendant whose defense was alibi
- decision to reopen during jury deliberations must be made with “utmost caution”
- testimony of additional alibi witness may be excluded where jury had already begun deliberations
- height, race, clothing and “very neat looking”
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Judges: Healey
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98 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. BoscarinoSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-08-11· cited 186×
- State v. MillerSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-03-10· cited 165×
- State v. BrownSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1995-12-19· cited 163×
- State v. LedbetterSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2005-09-27· cited 145×
- State v. TatumSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1991-07-30· cited 121×
- State v. FigueroaSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1995-08-15· cited 114×
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-08-23· cited 95×
- State v. BoucinoSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-03-18· cited 92×
- State v. BryantSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-03-24· cited 88×
- State v. TaylorSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-12-31· cited 88×
- State v. MilnerSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-03-15· cited 83×
- State v. VassSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1983-12-20· cited 82×
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-07-15· cited 81×
- State v. BovaSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-03-18· cited 80×
- State v. PollittSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-09-01· cited 78×
- State v. BeckenbachSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-12-10· cited 77×
- State v. HarrellSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-03-25· cited 75×
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-04-14· cited 74×
- State v. MarraSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-03-12· cited 73×
- State v. WilliamsonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-03-29· cited 73×
Cites
51 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 1975-06-30· cited 11,585×
- Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court· 1972-12-06· cited 7,056×
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1968-03-18· cited 6,700×
- Manson v. BrathwaiteSupreme Court· 1977-06-16· cited 5,119×
- Washington v. TexasSupreme Court· 1967-06-12· cited 3,395×
- Ungar v. SarafiteSupreme Court· 1964-05-04· cited 1,845×
- Coleman v. AlabamaSupreme Court· 1970-06-22· cited 1,808×
- United States v. NoblesSupreme Court· 1975-06-23· cited 1,718×
- United States v. Valenzuela-BernalSupreme Court· 1982-07-02· cited 1,404×
- Lisenba v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 1942-02-02· cited 1,400×
- United States v. Melvin TelfaireD.C. Circuit· 1972-06-19· cited 477×
- State v. KurvinSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-03-30· cited 191×
- State v. RoqueSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1983-05-17· cited 131×
- State v. GoldSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1980-05-15· cited 118×
- United States v. Fred FernandezSecond Circuit· 1972-02-24· cited 111×
- People v. OlsenNew York Court of Appeals· 1974-06-13· cited 104×
- State v. TheriaultSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1980-11-25· cited 102×
- State v. MillerSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-04-13· cited 101×
- Embrey v. HollyCourt of Appeals of Maryland· 1982-03-23· cited 96×
- Robert Lewis Eason and Kenneth Lamoyne Nowlin v. United StatesNinth Circuit· 1960-09-07· cited 85×
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