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State v. Scott

Citations

  • 256 Conn. 517
  • 779 A.2d 702
  • 2001 Conn. LEXIS 235
  • 2001 WL 707067

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  • clarifying proper instruction for sexual assault in first degree by fellatio
  • clarifying proper instruction for sexual assault in first degree by fellatio
  • \[c]onstruction should not exclude common sense so that absurdity results and the evident design of the legislature is frustrated\ [internal quotation marks omitted]
  • “[c]onstructionshouldnot exclude common sense so that absurdity results and the evident design of the legislature is frustrated” [internal quotation marks omitted]
  • “a charge to the jury is to be considered in its entirety, read as a whole, and judged by its total effect rather than by its individual component parts” [internal quotation marks omitted]

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Judges: Katz, Palmer

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