Supreme Court of Connecticut· 7/28/1987
State v. Williams
Citations
- 204 Conn. 523
- 529 A.2d 653
- 1987 Conn. LEXIS 939
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- setting forth multifactor test for determining prejudice caused by prosecutorial impropriety after reviewing various factors that have been dispositive in prior cases
- setting forth multifactor test for determining prejudice caused by prosecutorial impropriety after reviewing various factors that have been dispositive in prior cases
- “[i]t is improper for the prosecutor to encourage the jury to identify with the victim”
- ‘‘[s]tatements as to facts which have not been proven amount to unsworn testimony that is not the subject of proper closing argument’’
- record supported claim of serious prosecutorial misconduct where alleged improper conduct involved cross-examination of the defendant’s principal witness, his wife
- ‘‘[a] prosecutor, in fulfilling his duties, must confine himself to the evidence in the record’’
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412 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2003-06-03· cited 248×
- State v. SalamonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2008-07-01· cited 243×
- State v. StevensonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2004-06-15· cited 228×
- State v. ColonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2004-12-28· cited 228×
- State v. SinghSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2002-03-26· cited 212×
- State v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-09-07· cited 172×
- State v. PrioleauSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1995-08-22· cited 166×
- State v. KellySupreme Court of Connecticut· 2001-05-08· cited 162×
- State v. FauciSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2007-04-10· cited 161×
- State v. SkakelSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2006-01-24· cited 153×
- State v. WarholicSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2006-05-30· cited 150×
- State v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2003-10-28· cited 147×
- State v. PayneSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2012-01-24· cited 144×
- State v. RizzoSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2003-10-14· cited 127×
- State v. AlexanderSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2000-08-15· cited 126×
- State v. CeballosSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2003-10-21· cited 125×
- Massameno v. Statewide Grievance CommitteeSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1995-08-01· cited 115×
- State v. TweedySupreme Court of Connecticut· 1991-07-16· cited 109×
- State v. AtkinsonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-01-23· cited 109×
- State v. CastonguaySupreme Court of Connecticut· 1991-05-07· cited 101×
Cites
43 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1935-04-15· cited 4,581×
- Darden v. WainwrightSupreme Court· 1986-09-03· cited 4,161×
- Donnelly v. DeChristoforoSupreme Court· 1974-05-13· cited 3,922×
- Michigan v. LongSupreme Court· 1983-07-06· cited 3,763×
- State v. EvansSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1973-06-05· cited 917×
- Lyng v. PayneSupreme Court· 1986-08-19· cited 401×
- State v. WhelanSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-08-05· cited 393×
- Viereck v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1943-03-01· cited 360×
- Secondino v. New Haven Gas Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1960-11-15· cited 311×
- United States v. Gaetano ModicaSecond Circuit· 1981-10-30· cited 288×
- State v. CoutureSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1984-10-02· cited 199×
- Donald Joseph Hall v. United StatesFifth Circuit· 1969-11-12· cited 149×
- State v. UbaldiSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1983-07-05· cited 138×
- State v. GrahamSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-05-27· cited 121×
- State v. GoldSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1980-05-15· cited 118×
- State v. HaskinsSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-09-21· cited 107×
- John Harris, Jr. v. United StatesD.C. Circuit· 1968-09-17· cited 102×
- United States v. Barry Kendall Hogan, and Mark Bradford HoganFifth Circuit· 1985-08-29· cited 99×
- State v. PalmerSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-05-07· cited 93×
- Hawthorne v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1984-04-19· cited 85×
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