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State v. Rivera

Citations

  • 250 Conn. 188
  • 736 A.2d 790
  • 1999 Conn. LEXIS 295

How courts have described this case

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

  • “we may presume that a word used in different parts of the same statutory scheme has the same meaning”
  • prior to defendant’s arrest, grand jury subpoenaed defendant to testify during investigation of possible illegal police officer conduct
  • “in the absence of persuasive evidence to the contrary, we may presume that a word used in different parts of the same statutory scheme has the same meaning”
  • “if the legislature had wanted to prohibit the state from introducing a witness’ testimony before an investigatory grand jury in the state’s case-in-chief against that witness, it easily could have done so”
  • “in the absence of persuasive evidence to the contrary, we may presume that a word used in different parts of the same statutory scheme has the same meaning”
  • ‘‘in the absence of persuasive evidence to the contrary, we may presume that a word used in different parts of the same statutory scheme has the same meaning’’

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Berdon, Katz, Palmer, Peters

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