State v. Ross

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a valid death penalty statute must focus the sentencer's attention on the character and record of the individual offender and the circumstances of the particular offense
• upholding language that “proof which leaves you with a strong and abiding conviction that the accused is guilty”
• holding torture may be psychological as well as physical
• rejecting claim that death penalty is cruel and unusual in all circumstances
• turning to common law to aid in interpreting § 53a-54b [5]
• relying on date of offense in retroactivity analysis of change in statutory law

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Smith v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-03-08· cited 294×
• Connecticut v. Porter
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-05-20· cited 268×
• State v. Reynolds
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2003-06-03· cited 248×
• State v. Colon
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2004-12-28· cited 228×
• State v. Webb
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-07-30· cited 214×
• State v. Courchesne
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2003-03-11· cited 204×
• State v. Walker
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1995-09-18· cited 200×
• State v. Gales
  Nebraska Court of Appeals· 2005-03-18· cited 200×
• State v. Cobb
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1999-12-07· cited 167×
• State v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1995-12-19· cited 163×
• State v. Peeler
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2004-10-12· cited 157×
• Miller v. Commissioner of Correction
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-08-26· cited 128×
• State v. Rizzo
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2003-10-14· cited 127×
• Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Public Health
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2008-10-28· cited 111×
• State v. Trine
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-03-12· cited 110×
• State v. Atkinson
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-01-23· cited 109×
• State v. Day
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1995-06-27· cited 107×
• State v. Payne
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-05-06· cited 102×
• State v. Ortiz
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2000-03-17· cited 98×
• State v. Hodge
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1999-04-06· cited 96×

Cites

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

• Miranda v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1966-06-13· cited 58,288×
• Gregg v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 7,936×
• Furman v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-29· cited 5,066×
• Lockett v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1978-07-03· cited 5,026×
• San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez
  Supreme Court· 1973-04-23· cited 3,699×
• Payne v. Tennessee
  Supreme Court· 1991-09-13· cited 3,458×
• Ake v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1985-02-26· cited 3,332×
• Eddings v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1982-01-19· cited 3,271×
• Herrera v. Collins
  Supreme Court· 1993-01-25· cited 3,060×
• Penry v. Lynaugh
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-26· cited 2,957×
• Woodson v. North Carolina
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-02· cited 2,907×
• Caldwell v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-11· cited 2,827×
• State v. Golding
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1989-12-19· cited 2,736×
• Stansbury v. California
  Supreme Court· 1994-04-26· cited 2,603×
• Weaver v. Graham
  Supreme Court· 1981-02-24· cited 2,482×
• West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
  Supreme Court· 1943-06-14· cited 2,477×
• Zant v. Stephens
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-22· cited 2,410×
• Robinson v. California
  Supreme Court· 1962-06-25· cited 2,369×
• Trop v. Dulles
  Supreme Court· 1958-03-31· cited 2,182×
• Pulley v. Harris
  Supreme Court· 1984-01-23· cited 2,080×