Supreme Court of Connecticut· 8/30/2005

State v. Smith

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881 A.2d 160
275 Conn. 205
2005 Conn. LEXIS 329

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concluding that statements of victim’s fear of defendant admitted under state of mind exception to hearsay rule are relevant to issues of defendant’s motive and intent where there was corroborative evidence of victim’s fear
declining to reverse judgment when trial court had failed to heed this court’s prior direction, pursuant to its supervisory authority, to discontinue use of certain jury instruction
whether trial court's failure to obey supervisory authority of Supreme Court results in manifest injustice must be considered on case specific, fact-based inquiry
inclusion of permissive language such as word ‘‘may’’ ensures that jury will not interpret charge in unconstitutional man- ner
\[t]he test for determining whether evidence is unduly prejudicial is not whether it is damaging to the defendant but whether it will improperly arouse the emotions of the jury\ [internal quotation marks omitted]
“[t]he test for determining whether evidence is unduly prejudicial is not whether it is damaging to the defendant but whether it will improperly arouse the emotions of the jury” [internal quotation marks omitted]

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Judges: Sullivan, Borden, Palmer, Vertefeuille, Zarella

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