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Supreme Court of Connecticut· 4/29/1980

State v. Rodriguez

Citations

  • 180 Conn. 382
  • 429 A.2d 919
  • 1980 Conn. LEXIS 796

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  • recognizing the jury’s difficulty in determining the culpable state of mind of the defendant from among those required for various levels of homicide
  • noting that [t]he vital feature of a judicial admission is universally conceded to be its conclusiveness upon the party making it, i.e. the prohibition of any further dispute of the fact by him, and any use of evidence to disprove or contradict it
  • noting that [t]he vital feature of a judicial admission is universally conceded to be its conclusiveness upon the party making it, i.e. the prohibition of any further dispute of the fact by him, and any use of evidence to disprove or contradict it . . .
  • noting that “[t]he vital feature of a judicial admission is universally conceded to be its conclusiveness upon the party making it, i.e. the prohibition of any further dispute of the fact by him, and any use of evidence to disprove or contradict it” [internal quotation marks omitted]
  • noting that `[t]he vital feature of a judicial admission is universally conceded to be its conclusiveness upon the party making it, i.e. the prohibition of any further dispute of the fact by him, and any use of evidence to disprove or contradict it' [internal quotation marks omitted]
  • collecting cases and noting that “courts consistently hold that where the evidence supports an instruction on a lesser degree of homicide than that charged, it is error to refuse to give such an instruction”

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Judges: Cotter, Loiselle, Bogdanski, Peters, Healey

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