Stewart v. Farris

How courts have described this case

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

• fleeting reference to attorney, considered in context, may not amount to invocation of right to counsel depending on circumstances
• declining to decide between conflicting oral and written findings, but noting that “[t]he reduction of one’s thoughts to writing generally indicates a greater opportunity for considered analysis and careful reflection”
• using provision of Practice Book governing civil procedure, namely, Practice Book (1978-1997) § 326, now Practice Book § 17-4, to inform interpretation of common-law rule applicable in criminal cases
• borrowing civil rule of practice providing for four months to open judgments
• “during the continuance of a term of court the judge holding it has, in a sense, absolute control over judgments rendered; that is, he [or she] can declare and subsequently modify or annul them” [internal quotation marks omitted]
• “[a]n articulation may be necessary where the trial court fails to completely state any basis for its decision; or where the basis, although stated, is unclear” [internal quotation marks omitted]

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).