Supreme Court of Connecticut· 3/19/1996
State v. Person
Citations
- 236 Conn. 342
- 673 A.2d 463
- 1996 Conn. LEXIS 56
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- defendant entitled to jury instruction on affirmative defense only if there is sufficient evidence for rational juror to find all elements of defense established by preponderance of evidence
- “no rule of law prevents a jury from being charged, when requested, on the defense of extreme emotional disturbance simply because the defendant has testified that he or she was not upset”
- defendant’s presentation of inconsistent defenses may be “self-penalizing . . . because it will . . . encourage jury skepticism about his entire defense” [citation omitted; internal quotation marks omitted] [Borden, J., concurring]
- “[t]he fact that one defense is on the theory that [the] accused did not commit the offense . . . does not deprive him of the right to avail himself of other defenses” [internal quotation marks omitted]
- applying standard to affirmative defense of extreme emotional disturbance
- applying standard to affirmative defense of extreme emotional disturbance
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Judges: Berdon, Borden, Callahan, Norcott, Palmer
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30 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Connecticut v. PorterSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-05-20· cited 268×
- State v. HillSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-05-21· cited 81×
- State v. CampbellSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2018-01-26· cited 64×
- State v. ShabazzSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1998-09-08· cited 63×
- State v. SmallSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-07-29· cited 47×
- State v. AvilesSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2006-02-21· cited 39×
- State v. WilsonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-08-26· cited 32×
- Goodrum v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court· 2001-05-08· cited 27×
- State v. EdwardsSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1998-12-22· cited 20×
- State v. ValinskiSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2000-08-08· cited 20×
- State v. ColeConnecticut Appellate Court· 1998-09-15· cited 19×
- Vazquez v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court· 2010-08-24· cited 18×
- State v. NATHAN J.Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2009-12-01· cited 17×
- State v. GrenierConnecticut Appellate Court· 1999-11-09· cited 15×
- State v. MillerConnecticut Appellate Court· 1999-10-12· cited 11×
- State v. MoralesConnecticut Appellate Court· 2003-07-15· cited 8×
- Francis v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court· 2013-05-14· cited 5×
- State v. Alexande rSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2022-06-07· cited 5×
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2025-06-10· cited 5×
- State v. WilderConnecticut Appellate Court· 2011-05-17· cited 4×
Cites
31 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Washington v. TexasSupreme Court· 1967-06-12· cited 3,395×
- Mathews v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1988-02-24· cited 1,244×
- State v. AshermanSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1984-07-17· cited 255×
- State v. RodriguezSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1980-04-29· cited 156×
- State v. AdamsSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-03-30· cited 133×
- State v. LewisSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1991-12-17· cited 107×
- State v. BretonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1995-08-22· cited 81×
- State v. RaguseoSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-03-23· cited 72×
- State v. FullerSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-03-25· cited 70×
- State v. ElliottSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1979-03-06· cited 65×
- State v. RosadoSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1979-08-28· cited 58×
- People v. GillespieIllinois Supreme Court· 1990-07-03· cited 54×
- State v. HavicanSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-01-30· cited 51×
- State v. BelleSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-06-05· cited 47×
- State v. SteigerSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1991-04-16· cited 46×
- Edwards v. WainwrightSupreme Court· 1986-03-31· cited 46×
- State v. ManfrediSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-01-30· cited 31×
- State v. HarrisSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1983-02-15· cited 29×
- State v. CassinoSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-08-31· cited 29×
- Drisdelle v. City of HartfordSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-04-04· cited 28×
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