Supreme Court of Connecticut· 7/22/1986
State v. Smith
Citations
- 200 Conn. 544
- 512 A.2d 884
- 1986 Conn. LEXIS 891
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- court’s questioning of witness is not necessarily improper merely because it draws atten- tion to strengths or weaknesses of party’s case
- trial court ‘‘should never assume a position of advocacy, real or apparent, in a case before it, and should avoid any displays of hostility or skepti- cism toward the defendant’s case, or of approbation for the prosecution’s [case]’’
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Judges: Peters
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37 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. WebbSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-07-30· cited 214×
- State v. BoscarinoSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-08-11· cited 186×
- State v. CooperSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-08-24· cited 104×
- State v. IBAN C.Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2005-10-04· cited 67×
- State v. GonzalezSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2005-01-25· cited 62×
- State v. RobertsonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2000-10-17· cited 47×
- State v. FaustSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-06-25· cited 45×
- State v. CruzSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1989-08-01· cited 41×
- State v. StangeSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1989-08-15· cited 37×
- State v. FloydConnecticut Appellate Court· 1987-04-07· cited 31×
- State v. McDougalSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-07-08· cited 30×
- State v. DelarosaConnecticut Appellate Court· 1988-09-06· cited 27×
- Spitzer v. Haims & Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1991-02-26· cited 25×
- State v. GrahamConnecticut Appellate Court· 1990-06-05· cited 21×
- State v. PharrConnecticut Appellate Court· 1997-04-01· cited 20×
- State v. RodriguezNebraska Supreme Court· 1993-12-10· cited 19×
- State v. JaynesConnecticut Appellate Court· 1994-08-23· cited 17×
- State v. GrenierConnecticut Appellate Court· 1999-11-09· cited 15×
- State v. VargasConnecticut Appellate Court· 2003-12-09· cited 15×
- State v. HarrisConnecticut Appellate Court· 1992-08-04· cited 13×
Cites
22 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1942-02-09· cited 10,035×
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1968-06-17· cited 8,792×
- Quercia v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1933-05-29· cited 943×
- State v. EvansSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1973-06-05· cited 917×
- United States v. Darryl Gordon Hickman and Fred McArthur HeadSixth Circuit· 1979-03-27· cited 149×
- State v. UbaldiSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1983-07-05· cited 138×
- State v. FlemingSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-01-07· cited 129×
- State v. RodgersSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-12-17· cited 113×
- Cameron v. CameronSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-05-18· cited 110×
- State v. FernandezSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-12-10· cited 89×
- State v. BinetSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1984-04-10· cited 76×
- State v. CastonguaySupreme Court of Connecticut· 1984-09-04· cited 74×
- State v. GordonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-09-10· cited 71×
- State v. BemberSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1981-04-07· cited 69×
- State v. EcholsSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1975-12-09· cited 67×
- Felix v. Hall-Brooke SanitariumSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1953-12-15· cited 61×
- State v. GeorgeSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1984-08-28· cited 54×
- Zullo v. ZulloSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1952-05-06· cited 47×
- State v. MackSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-11-26· cited 36×
- State v. NowakowskiSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-12-07· cited 29×
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