Supreme Court of Connecticut· 12/31/1985
State v. Ortiz
Citations
- 198 Conn. 220
- 502 A.2d 400
- 1985 Conn. LEXIS 981
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- trial court’s traditional discretion over scope of cross-examination comes into play only after defendant accorded “some irreducible minimum of cross-examination into matters affecting the reliability and credibility of the state’s witnesses”
- forensic odontologist’s identification of person by bite mark on apple admissible
- bite mark identification is proper subject of expert testimony
- denial of cross-examination into witness’ motive and interest
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Judges: Dannehy
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57 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Connecticut v. PorterSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-05-20· cited 268×
- Howard v. StateMississippi Supreme Court· 1997-06-26· cited 204×
- State v. JamesSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1989-06-20· cited 120×
- Howard v. StateMississippi Supreme Court· 2003-07-24· cited 116×
- State v. ColtonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-08-17· cited 112×
- State v. SantiagoSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-12-29· cited 98×
- State v. ShifflettSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-05-20· cited 95×
- State v. MilnerSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-03-15· cited 83×
- State v. BrunoSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-03-26· cited 78×
- State v. Chasity WestSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2005-07-26· cited 64×
- State v. ReidSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2000-09-05· cited 61×
- State v. McClarySupreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-04-26· cited 60×
- State v. ArlineSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-07-21· cited 60×
- State v. PittmanSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1989-01-17· cited 58×
- State v. SilveiraSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-01-28· cited 56×
- State v. SwintonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2004-05-11· cited 54×
- State v. BeliveauSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-07-09· cited 53×
- State v. SaracenoConnecticut Appellate Court· 1988-07-19· cited 53×
- State v. HolleySupreme Court of Connecticut· 2018-01-12· cited 51×
- State v. SullivanSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1998-05-12· cited 50×
Cites
23 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×
- United States v. HastingSupreme Court· 1983-05-23· cited 1,999×
- State v. AshermanSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1984-07-17· cited 255×
- People v. MiddletonNew York Court of Appeals· 1981-10-27· cited 124×
- State v. GaynorSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1980-12-16· cited 123×
- Bundy v. StateSupreme Court of Florida· 1984-06-21· cited 113×
- State v. OuelletteSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1983-05-10· cited 108×
- State v. LubeskySupreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-03-19· cited 84×
- State v. MilumSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-11-19· cited 77×
- State v. ShindellSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-01-29· cited 71×
- Siladi v. McNamaraSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1973-03-21· cited 69×
- State v. FerraraSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1979-01-23· cited 57×
- State v. GeorgeSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1984-08-28· cited 54×
- Oborski v. New Haven Gas Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1964-01-09· cited 52×
- State v. LuzziSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1959-12-08· cited 52×
- State v. BrunoSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-09-03· cited 52×
- State v. WilsonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1980-05-06· cited 47×
- State v. WilsonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-12-28· cited 38×
- State v. CorleySupreme Court of Connecticut· 1979-04-03· cited 32×
- People v. WilliamsAppellate Court of Illinois· 1984-10-22· cited 27×
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