State v. Pappas

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• ‘‘a defen- dant may offer an opposing expert or, as the defendant here did, use cross-examination to critique the analy- sis and interpretation of mtDNA evidence’’
• dur- ing jury deliberations, jury sent note asking whether DNA from certain evidence was ‘‘a match to the [defen- dant’s] known DNA sample’’ (internal quotation marks omitted)
• ‘‘evidence . . . is properly excluded if its prejudicial impact outweighs its probative value, even if it is otherwise admissible’’ (emphasis added; internal quotation marks omitted)
• finding no error in admitting mtDNA evidence
• describing mtDNA and process of analyzing it

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

40 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• State v. Perkins
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2004-09-28· cited 92×
• State v. James G.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2004-04-13· cited 89×
• State v. Merriam
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2003-07-15· cited 88×
• State v. Sorabella
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2006-02-07· cited 79×
• State v. Meehan
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2002-05-28· cited 69×
• State v. Chasity West
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2005-07-26· cited 64×
• State v. Allen
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2008-11-25· cited 61×
• State v. Bonner
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2009-02-24· cited 59×
• State v. Kirsch
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2003-05-06· cited 58×
• State v. Griffin
  Utah Supreme Court· 2016-07-27· cited 43×
• State v. Brochu
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2008-03-07· cited 37×
• State v. Colon
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2002-07-23· cited 33×
• Prentice v. Dalco Electric, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2006-10-17· cited 31×
• Wagner v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2005-01-03· cited 29×
• State v. Traylor
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2003-02-24· cited 28×
• State v. Buddhu
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2003-06-24· cited 26×
• State v. Rodriguez
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2020-09-24· cited 23×
• Urich v. Fish
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2002-08-27· cited 21×
• Vaughn v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-06-04· cited 20×
• People v. Henderson
  California Court of Appeal· 2003-04-02· cited 20×

Cites

30 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-28· cited 21,376×
• Franks v. Delaware
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-26· cited 8,679×
• General Electric Co. v. Joiner
  Supreme Court· 1997-12-15· cited 4,535×
• Frye v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1923-12-03· cited 4,204×
• United States v. Randolph Jakobetz
  Second Circuit· 1992-01-09· cited 280×
• Connecticut v. Porter
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-05-20· cited 268×
• State v. Sivri
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-08-23· cited 184×
• State v. Cobb
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1999-12-07· cited 167×
• State v. Kelly
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2001-05-08· cited 162×
• State v. Council
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1999-04-05· cited 157×
• Moore v. McNamara
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-08-12· cited 134×
• Choice v. Goord
  Supreme Court· 2000-10-02· cited 119×
• State v. DeMatteo
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-04-20· cited 115×
• State v. Alvarez
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-08-21· cited 95×
• State v. Clark
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2001-01-30· cited 89×
• State v. Copas
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2000-03-14· cited 84×
• State v. Bergin
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-04-24· cited 83×
• State v. Sauris
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-08-24· cited 81×
• State v. Bruno
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-03-26· cited 78×
• State v. Greene
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-12-27· cited 77×