Supreme Court of Connecticut· 12/24/1985
State v. Smith
Citations
- 198 Conn. 147
- 502 A.2d 874
- 1985 Conn. LEXIS 972
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- rule concerning admission of evidence of other crimes is a rule of evidence, not of constitutional law
- rule concerning the admission of evidence of other crimes is a rule of evidence and not of constitutional law
- where defendant threatened victim with gun, evidence that gun with similar appearance was in defendant's possession shortly after crime admissible to show defendant's access to gun
- evidence of knife in defendant’s possession admissible despite lack of proof establishing it as the knife used in the crime
- where defendant threatened victim with gun, evidence that gun with similar appearance was in defendant’s possession shortly after crime admissible to show defendant’s access to gun
- defendant lied to victim when stating that he needed her to show him entrance to highway but that he would return her home afterward in order to \lure the victim into his control\ and \[deceive her] into remaining with him\
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Judges: Callahan
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41 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. DeJesusSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2008-08-19· cited 196×
- State v. MooneySupreme Court of Connecticut· 1991-03-19· cited 145×
- State v. PollittSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-08-25· cited 108×
- State v. SantangeloSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-12-22· cited 82×
- State v. AliSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1995-06-06· cited 72×
- State v. FreeneySupreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-02-22· cited 69×
- State v. RinaldiSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1991-11-12· cited 65×
- State v. RollinsonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-06-02· cited 60×
- State v. AvisSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-12-06· cited 60×
- State v. ColemanSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-07-22· cited 59×
- State v. GomezSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-04-13· cited 51×
- State v. EcholsSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-05-05· cited 48×
- Magnotti v. MeachumConnecticut Appellate Court· 1990-08-21· cited 41×
- State v. CarterSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-01-21· cited 37×
- State v. ThomasSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-11-17· cited 37×
- State v. GreenConnecticut Appellate Court· 2001-03-06· cited 27×
- State v. ColemanConnecticut Appellate Court· 1994-08-02· cited 26×
- Trumpold v. BeschConnecticut Appellate Court· 1989-06-15· cited 23×
- State v. PolancoConnecticut Appellate Court· 1991-09-24· cited 21×
- State v. JonesCourt of Appeals of Arizona· 1995-11-21· cited 19×
Cites
18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- State v. VitaleSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-09-10· cited 160×
- State v. BrownSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1975-12-09· cited 134×
- State v. ChetcutiSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1977-06-07· cited 121×
- State v. IbraimovSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-06-15· cited 86×
- State v. HaddadSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1983-03-01· cited 77×
- State v. HarrisonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1979-08-28· cited 74×
- State v. SumnerSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1979-06-26· cited 61×
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1983-06-28· cited 58×
- State v. HowardSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-08-03· cited 47×
- People v. La MarcaNew York Court of Appeals· 1957-07-03· cited 45×
- State v. D'ANTUONOSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-03-09· cited 42×
- United States v. Louis R. HoogEighth Circuit· 1974-11-08· cited 38×
- State v. McCarthySupreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-08-06· cited 36×
- State v. LeeSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1979-04-17· cited 34×
- State v. FredericksSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1961-12-19· cited 32×
- State v. ColbertSupreme Court of Kansas· 1976-12-11· cited 30×
- State v. PeriereSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-04-06· cited 30×
- People v. ValeroNew York County Courts· 1983-08-17· cited 6×
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