Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1/14/1986
State v. Wright
Citations
- 198 Conn. 273
- 502 A.2d 911
- 1986 Conn. LEXIS 687
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- limiting instructions given by trial court could not have eliminated likelihood that jurors would infer that defendant was guilty of crime charged because he previously had engaged in similar misconduct
- limiting instructions given by trial court could not have eliminated likelihood that jurors would infer that defendant was guilty of crime charged because he previously had engaged in similar misconduct
- “ ‘[t]he probative value of evidence of flight depends upon all the facts and circumstances and is a question of fact for the jury’ ”
- “[w]here the prior crime is quite similar to the offense being tried, a high degree of prejudice is created”
- abuse of discretion to admit prior manslaughter and assault convictions
- abuse of discretion to admit prior manslaughter and assault convictions
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Judges: Callahan
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46 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. HinesSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1998-03-03· cited 182×
- State v. KellySupreme Court of Connecticut· 2001-05-08· cited 162×
- State v. PenningtonSupreme Court of New Jersey· 1990-06-21· cited 158×
- State v. HollowaySupreme Court of Connecticut· 1989-01-24· cited 110×
- Gargliano v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland· 1994-04-13· cited 96×
- State v. BovaSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-03-18· cited 80×
- State v. CassidySupreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-02-27· cited 77×
- State v. ChanceSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-02-13· cited 71×
- State v. CarterSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-02-01· cited 69×
- State v. FreeneySupreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-02-22· cited 69×
- Sweetman v. State Elections Enforcement CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1999-06-22· cited 66×
- State v. GroomesSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1995-03-28· cited 65×
- State v. CollinsSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2011-01-05· cited 62×
- State v. WrightSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-05-03· cited 61×
- State v. SilveiraSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-01-28· cited 56×
- Thompson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland· 2006-06-20· cited 52×
- State v. RhodesSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2020-03-27· cited 39×
- State v. JeffersonConnecticut Appellate Court· 2001-12-11· cited 39×
- State v. AskewSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1998-07-14· cited 37×
- State v. FernandezConnecticut Appellate Court· 1992-03-17· cited 37×
Cites
30 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court· 1970-11-23· cited 9,465×
- People v. HarrisNew York Court of Appeals· 1983-12-15· cited 1,537×
- Morris W. Gordon v. United StatesD.C. Circuit· 1967-10-27· cited 575×
- State v. PiskorskiSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1979-06-19· cited 212×
- McManues v. OverbergSupreme Court· 1979-10-29· cited 210×
- Monroe v. MonroeSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1979-03-27· cited 178×
- Kellems v. BrownSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1972-07-27· cited 154×
- State v. NardiniSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-07-13· cited 114×
- State v. GeyerSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1984-07-24· cited 103×
- State v. KingSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-06-01· cited 87×
- State v. AvcollieSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-12-14· cited 84×
- State v. CariSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1972-05-24· cited 84×
- State v. LittleSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1984-12-18· cited 83×
- State v. BeltonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1983-06-28· cited 82×
- State v. CarterSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1983-04-05· cited 73×
- Heating Acceptance Corporation v. PattersonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1965-03-04· cited 72×
- State v. MarquezSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1970-11-10· cited 69×
- State v. MaselliSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1980-08-12· cited 57×
- State v. FerraraSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1979-01-23· cited 57×
- State v. NemethSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1980-12-02· cited 56×
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