State v. St. John

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• dog handler competent to present dog tracking evidence as expert in matter, provided proper foundation has been established
• trial court did not abuse its discretion in permitting witness to testify as expert concerning dog tracking evidence because state satisfied Wilson
• court properly determined identification procedure not unnecessarily suggestive where, inter alia, police presence not overwhelming, it was unclear defendant was handcuffed and police did not suggest defendant was person who committed crime
• given that witnesses observed unmasked robber only from side and back, ‘‘it was important for the witnesses to be able to view the defendant as soon as possible while their memories remained fresh’’

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Outing
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2010-08-31· cited 60×
• Crawford v. Commissioner of Correction
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2008-02-26· cited 42×
• State v. Artis
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2012-07-10· cited 9×
• State v. STEPHEN O.
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2008-04-01· cited 8×
• KAIRON v. Burnham
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2010-04-06· cited 7×
• State v. Qayyum
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2022-08-16· cited 7×
• State v. Ingram
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2011-12-06· cited 5×
• State v. Isabelle
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2008-05-13· cited 5×
• State v. Mitchell
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2008-06-10· cited 4×
• Sawicki v. New Britain General Hospital
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2009-06-09· cited 2×
• State v. McLaurin
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2022-11-08· cited 2×
• State v. McLaurin
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2025-07-22· cited 1×
• State v. Daley
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2015-12-22
• St. John v. Commissioner of Correction
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2013-08-06
• State v. McLaurin (Dissent)
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2025-07-22

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-28· cited 21,376×
• Neil v. Biggers
  Supreme Court· 1972-12-06· cited 7,056×
• Connecticut v. Porter
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-05-20· cited 268×
• State v. Ledbetter
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2005-09-27· cited 145×
• State v. Austin
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1998-03-31· cited 99×
• State v. Sorabella
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2006-02-07· cited 79×
• State v. Wooten
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-09-07· cited 78×
• State v. Holliman
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-02-20· cited 67×
• State v. Wilson
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1980-05-06· cited 47×
• Dinan v. Marchand
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2006-08-22· cited 38×
• State v. Cook
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2003-03-25· cited 17×