Supreme Court of Connecticut· 5/17/1983
State v. Roque
Citations
- 190 Conn. 143
- 460 A.2d 26
- 39 A.L.R. 4th 1158
- 1983 Conn. LEXIS 512
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- noting that ‘‘while punctuation is a recognized aid to statutory construction, it is not conclusive,’’ and that ‘‘the disjunc- tive ‘or’ has often been construed as ‘and’ ’’
- “ ‘there is no canon against using common sense in construing laws as saying what they obviously mean’ ”
- “ ‘[t]hereisno canon against using common sense in construing laws as saying what they obviously mean’ ”
- bill of particulars which accused the defendant of “taking part in” a prison riot was sufficient notice of allegations in original information to defend on the charge of rioting at a correctional institution
- “[t]he defendant has not, as he must, demonstrated that he was in fact prejudiced Page 16 CONNECTICUT LAW JOURNAL January 13, 2026 354 Conn. 1 JANUARY, 2026 14 State v. Christon M. in his defense on the merits . . . because of the language of the state’s pleadings”
- defendant must demonstrate prejudice to challenge information
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Judges: Arthur H. Healey
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109 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Sanzone v. Board of Police CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1991-06-11· cited 365×
- State v. RossSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-07-26· cited 228×
- Federal Deposit Insurance v. Peabody, N.E., Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-08-20· cited 205×
- State v. EllisSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-09-10· cited 192×
- State v. CobbSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1999-12-07· cited 167×
- State v. BrownSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1995-12-19· cited 163×
- State v. SpigaroloSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1989-03-14· cited 159×
- State v. IndrisanoSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-04-05· cited 150×
- Connecticut National Bank v. GiacomiSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-07-22· cited 138×
- Starr v. Commissioner of Environmental ProtectionSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-07-06· cited 131×
- State v. McKnightSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1983-12-13· cited 107×
- Rhodes v. City of HartfordSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-08-12· cited 104×
- State v. DelossantosSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1989-05-23· cited 101×
- State v. FrankoSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-04-22· cited 91×
- State v. HuffordSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-12-01· cited 88×
- State v. KozlowskiSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-05-20· cited 87×
- Gelinas v. Town of West HartfordSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-05-25· cited 87×
- State v. CorreaSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-06-10· cited 87×
- State v. KylesSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-04-21· cited 85×
- State v. LittleSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1984-12-18· cited 83×
Cites
40 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×
- Cupp v. NaughtenSupreme Court· 1973-12-04· cited 2,639×
- Russell v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1962-05-21· cited 1,715×
- State v. EvansSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1973-06-05· cited 917×
- Cole v. ArkansasSupreme Court· 1948-03-08· cited 757×
- United States v. ParkSupreme Court· 1975-06-09· cited 510×
- United States v. DebrowSupreme Court· 1953-11-30· cited 454×
- Nowak v. NowakSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1978-05-09· cited 234×
- Mystic Marinelife Aquarium, Inc. v. GillSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1978-08-01· cited 231×
- Roschen v. WardSupreme Court· 1929-04-22· cited 230×
- State v. KurvinSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-03-30· cited 191×
- Sestito v. City of GrotonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1979-07-31· cited 168×
- United States v. Theron ClarkSecond Circuit· 1973-03-08· cited 128×
- Diorio v. Kreisler-Borg Construction Co.Supreme Court· 1981-03-30· cited 126×
- State v. RuizSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1976-07-06· cited 123×
- State v. DennisSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1963-01-15· cited 101×
- Commonwealth v. WhiteheadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-01-30· cited 91×
- Gomeau v. ForrestSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1979-01-30· cited 86×
- State v. GodekSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1980-11-25· cited 74×
- United States v. CorbettSupreme Court· 1909-12-06· cited 73×
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