Supreme Court of Connecticut· 3/5/1991
State v. Ortiz
Citations
- 217 Conn. 648
- 588 A.2d 127
- 1991 Conn. LEXIS 66
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- relying on New York cases for interpretation of General Statutes § 53a-54a [a]
- reversal of conviction based on unconstitutionally improper jury instruction appropriate only when it is reasonably possible that jury was misled by instruction
- court provided instruction when defendant dragged victim’s body into alley and drove away in vehi- cle
- court provided instruction when defendant dragged victim’s body into alley and drove away in vehi- cle
- challenge to jury instruction requires review to determine whether it is reasonably possible that jury was misled
- “the [extreme emotional disturbance] statute plainly requires [the jury’s] determination to be made from the viewpoint of a person in the defendant’s situation under the circumstances as the defendant believed them to be” [internal quotation marks omitted]
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82 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Copas v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1995-07-04· cited 345×
- 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. MetzSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-08-02· cited 115×
- State v. CastonguaySupreme Court of Connecticut· 1991-05-07· cited 101×
- State v. AustinSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1998-03-31· cited 99×
- State v. CrespoSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1998-09-01· cited 92×
- State v. RaguseoSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-03-23· cited 72×
- Commissioner of Health Services v. Youth Challenge of Greater Hartford, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1991-07-23· cited 55×
- State v. DeJesusSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-03-05· cited 54×
- State v. DehaneySupreme Court of Connecticut· 2002-08-13· cited 52×
- State v. GraySupreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-04-21· cited 50×
- State v. ChasseConnecticut Appellate Court· 1998-12-22· cited 47×
- State v. SteigerSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1991-04-16· cited 46×
- State v. MilardoSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-01-12· cited 45×
- Oakes v. New England Dairies, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1991-05-28· cited 40×
- State v. AvilaSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-08-12· cited 40×
- State v. PattersonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-05-03· cited 40×
- State v. ParrisSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1991-06-18· cited 39×
- State v. AvilesSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2006-02-21· cited 39×
Cites
51 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court· 1970-05-18· cited 11,712×
- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court· 1979-06-18· cited 3,585×
- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1989-12-19· cited 2,736×
- 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×
- Cool v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1972-12-04· cited 288×
- State v. AshermanSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1984-07-17· cited 255×
- State v. WhistnantSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1980-02-12· cited 230×
- State v. KurvinSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-03-30· cited 191×
- People v. CasassaNew York Court of Appeals· 1980-04-01· cited 191×
- State v. ChicanoSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-12-25· cited 162×
- Yuen v. Internal Revenue ServiceSupreme Court· 1981-11-16· cited 129×
- State v. KishSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-04-27· cited 121×
- State v. StankowskiSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1981-05-12· cited 119×
- State v. RodgersSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-12-17· cited 113×
- People v. MoyeNew York Court of Appeals· 1985-11-21· cited 111×
- State v. HerringSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1989-02-14· cited 111×
- State v. KingSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-12-11· cited 108×
- State v. JenningsSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-12-11· cited 100×
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