Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2/21/1989
State v. Smith
Citations
- 210 Conn. 132
- 554 A.2d 713
- 1989 Conn. LEXIS 26
- 1989 WL 13762
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- concluding that “no specific intent, but only a general intent to perform the physical acts constituting the crime, is necessary for the crime of first degree sexual assault”
- noting that intoxication “is generally held to be relevant to negate a crime of specific intent but not a crime of general intent”
- “[a] finding that a complainant had consented would implicitly negate a claim that the actor had compelled the complainant by force or threat to engage in sexual intercourse”
- murder, rape, and kidnapping are examples of general intent crimes
- sexual assault in the first degree requires only general intent
- murder, rape, and kidnapping are examples of general intent crimes
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50 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. SalamonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2008-07-01· cited 243×
- State v. KulmacSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-07-05· cited 159×
- State v. TweedySupreme Court of Connecticut· 1991-07-16· cited 109×
- State v. FergusonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2002-05-28· cited 96×
- State v. WhipperSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2001-10-02· cited 89×
- State v. MorantSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-08-26· cited 60×
- State v. JeffreySupreme Court of Connecticut· 1991-12-31· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. LopezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-04-17· cited 54×
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-03-06· cited 53×
- State v. GomezSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-04-13· cited 51×
- State v. GriffinSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2000-05-16· cited 49×
- State v. WatlingtonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-08-07· cited 41×
- State v. HarveyConnecticut Appellate Court· 1992-03-24· cited 41×
- State v. FalconConnecticut Appellate Court· 1991-12-17· cited 32×
- State v. CorbeilConnecticut Appellate Court· 1996-04-09· cited 30×
- State v. KoperskiNebraska Supreme Court· 1998-05-15· cited 28×
- Clifton v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia· 1996-03-26· cited 27×
- State v. GreenConnecticut Appellate Court· 2001-03-06· cited 27×
- State v. ZolloConnecticut Appellate Court· 1995-02-07· cited 25×
- Efstathiadis v. HolderSecond Circuit· 2014-05-20· cited 24×
Cites
23 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court· 1976-06-17· cited 4,773×
- Holland v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1955-01-31· cited 3,238×
- State v. EvansSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1973-06-05· cited 917×
- Connecticut v. JohnsonSupreme Court· 1983-02-23· cited 606×
- State v. WhelanSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-08-05· cited 393×
- California v. TybergSupreme Court· 1986-12-01· cited 383×
- People v. MayberryCalifornia Supreme Court· 1975-09-05· cited 313×
- Commonwealth v. SherryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-07-01· cited 139×
- State v. AmarilloSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-01-14· cited 130×
- State v. PickeringSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1980-03-04· cited 123×
- State v. BittingSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1971-11-23· cited 116×
- Bishop v. United StatesD.C. Circuit· 1939-10-23· cited 103×
- United States v. John Nuccio, Rosario Lupo, and William CurcuratoSecond Circuit· 1967-05-15· cited 88×
- State v. RothenbergSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-02-19· cited 73×
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1981-08-04· cited 55×
- State v. HoughtonSouth Dakota Supreme Court· 1978-12-19· cited 51×
- State v. CarterSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1983-04-05· cited 51×
- Reynolds v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska· 1983-06-10· cited 49×
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-03-04· cited 46×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-01-05· cited 43×
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