Supreme Court of Connecticut· 8/5/1975
State v. Williams
Citations
- 169 Conn. 322
- 363 A.2d 72
- 1975 Conn. LEXIS 824
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- concluding on basis of similar instructions that when read as whole, instructions adequately instructed and gave jury clear understanding of issues involved and proper guidance in determining issues
- interpreting text of General Statutes § 54-85a, which is the same as Practice Book § 42-36
- quantity of narcotics is factor for jury to consider in determining intent to sell
- reasonableness of duration deter mined by circumstances of each case
- “court correctly instructed the jury that to establish that the defendant had possession of narcotics it was necessary to prove that he had exercised dominion and control over the substance, had knowledge of its presence, and had knowledge of its narcotic character”
- defendant possessed forty-five bags of heroin
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Judges: House, Cotter, Loiselle, Longo, Barber
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90 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Franks v. DelawareSupreme Court· 1978-06-26· cited 8,679×
- State v. StepneySupreme Court of Connecticut· 1983-08-30· cited 222×
- State v. WaltonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-08-03· cited 157×
- O & G/O'Connell Joint Venture v. Chase Family Ltd. Partnership No. 3Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-04-14· cited 148×
- State v. BrownSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1975-12-09· cited 134×
- State v. FalbySupreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-05-04· cited 129×
- State v. RuizSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1976-07-06· cited 123×
- State v. VilalastraSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-04-05· cited 110×
- State v. DelossantosSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1989-05-23· cited 101×
- State v. BaldwinSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-01-12· cited 101×
- State v. GabrielSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1984-03-13· cited 95×
- State v. ShifflettSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-05-20· cited 95×
- State v. AlfonsoSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-04-09· cited 92×
- State v. AvcollieSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1979-07-24· cited 87×
- State v. McClainSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1976-07-20· cited 68×
- State v. HillSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-12-09· cited 67×
- State v. DiazSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-07-20· cited 66×
- State v. DeChamplainSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1980-02-05· cited 64×
- State v. CollinsSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2011-01-05· cited 62×
- State v. CarterSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-04-23· cited 59×
Cites
43 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court· 1964-06-15· cited 7,289×
- United States v. HarrisSupreme Court· 1971-06-28· cited 1,806×
- McCray v. IllinoisSupreme Court· 1967-04-24· cited 1,521×
- Rugendorf v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1964-05-18· cited 725×
- United States v. Robert E. CarmichaelSeventh Circuit· 1973-10-09· cited 183×
- Casalo v. ClaroSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1960-11-01· cited 106×
- State v. SulSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1958-12-24· cited 103×
- The People v. SaikenIllinois Supreme Court· 1971-10-04· cited 94×
- State v. VarsSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1966-11-29· cited 91×
- State v. GraytonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1972-05-11· cited 88×
- State v. CariSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1972-05-24· cited 84×
- State v. MarianoSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1964-07-14· cited 70×
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1972-01-19· cited 67×
- State v. GrimesSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1966-12-13· cited 64×
- State v. L'HEUREUXSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1974-05-07· cited 64×
- Matthew v. CommissionerSupreme Court· 1965-03-15· cited 62×
- State v. PikulSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1962-12-04· cited 60×
- State v. AvilaSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1974-07-02· cited 55×
- Harris v. TexasSupreme Court· 1971-01-15· cited 55×
- State v. RaffoneSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1971-04-20· cited 50×
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