Supreme Court of Connecticut· 4/18/2006
State v. Montanez
Citations
- 277 Conn. 735
- 894 A.2d 928
- 2006 Conn. LEXIS 118
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- noting that an accessory after the fact is a person who “rendered assistance after the crime was complete.”
- holding no reasonable possibility jury misled by general instruction or reference to principle of general intent eleven times because trial court repeatedly gave clear instructions on specific intent required for manslaughter
- discussing the relationship between accessorial liability and a justification defense available to the principal
- upholding combat by agreement instruction when defendant’s friend urged another individual to fight with defendant and that individual then returned with his brother who offered to fight defendant’s friend ‘‘ ‘man-to-man’ ’’
- “another person’s commission of an offense is a condition precedent to the imposition of accessorial liability”
- “trial court . . . unmistakably described the defendant’s specific intent as an element of the crimes with which he was charged”
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Judges: Zarella
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23 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. FabricatoreSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2007-02-27· cited 91×
- State v. HedgeSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2010-08-03· cited 62×
- State v. SingletonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2009-07-28· cited 45×
- State v. KingSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2008-11-18· cited 41×
- State v. PaulingConnecticut Appellate Court· 2007-07-17· cited 34×
- State v. WallaceSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2009-02-03· cited 24×
- State v. Ruiz-PachecoSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2020-07-09· cited 18×
- State v. TurnerConnecticut Appellate Court· 2018-05-01· cited 16×
- State v. SimpsonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2018-08-21· cited 15×
- State v. WashingtonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2022-11-15· cited 12×
- State v. ApodacaSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2012-01-10· cited 10×
- Anderson v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court· 2020-10-20· cited 9×
- Hall v. BergmanConnecticut Appellate Court· 2008-04-01· cited 8×
- State v. MoodyConnecticut Appellate Court· 2010-05-18· cited 7×
- State v. NanceConnecticut Appellate Court· 2010-02-16· cited 7×
- State v. KemlerConnecticut Appellate Court· 2008-03-18· cited 5×
- State v. GuzmanConnecticut Appellate Court· 2010-11-30· cited 5×
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2025-06-10· cited 5×
- Powers v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2015-06-15· cited 4×
- State v. AndersonConnecticut Appellate Court· 2020-10-20· cited 3×
Cites
42 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×
- United States v. DotterweichSupreme Court· 1943-11-22· cited 851×
- Standefer v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1980-06-09· cited 693×
- State v. PrioleauSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1995-08-22· cited 166×
- State v. PaduaSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2005-03-29· cited 162×
- State v. AustinSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1998-03-31· cited 99×
- United States v. Samantha D. Lopez Ronald J. McIntoshNinth Circuit· 1989-09-15· cited 82×
- Morris v. PlattSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1864-02-15· cited 73×
- State v. FloydSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2000-07-25· cited 73×
- State v. FullerSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-03-25· cited 70×
- State v. MeehanSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2002-05-28· cited 69×
- State v. VincentSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1984-08-07· cited 65×
- State v. HamlinSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1879-05-15· cited 61×
- State v. McGannSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-03-18· cited 60×
- State v. AshSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-12-20· cited 59×
- State v. WhitfordSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2002-07-02· cited 59×
- United States v. William RuffinSecond Circuit· 1979-12-28· cited 58×
- State v. SilveiraSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-01-28· cited 56×
- State v. McCarthySupreme Court of Connecticut· 1979-09-04· cited 51×
- State v. DeJesusSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2002-06-11· cited 49×
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