Connecticut v. Porter

Decided May 20, 1997. Francis M. McDonald Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

241 Conn. 57 · Cited 268 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Commonwealth v. Mendes · 547 N.E.2d 35
• People v. Leahy · 882 P.2d 321
• EI Du Pont De Nemours & Co. v. Robinson · 923 S.W.2d 549
• State v. Brown · 687 P.2d 751
• State v. Goode · 461 S.E.2d 631
• State v. Beard · 461 S.E.2d 486
• State v. Hasan · 205 Conn. 485
• State v. Dean · 307 N.W.2d 628
• Commonwealth v. Lanigan · 419 Mass. 15
• State v. Bartholomew · 683 P.2d 1079
• State v. Sivri · 231 Conn. 115
• State v. Webber · 918 P.2d 609
• State v. Brooks · 643 A.2d 226
• State v. Mitchell · 169 Conn. 161
• State v. Esposito · 235 Conn. 802
• Armstrong v. Manzo · 380 U.S. 545
• State v. Foret · 628 So. 2d 1116
• People v. Wesley · 633 N.E.2d 451
• People v. Angelo · 666 N.E.2d 1333
• Commonwealth v. a Juvenile · 313 N.E.2d 120
• State v. Dorsey · 539 P.2d 204
• Batick v. Seymour · 186 Conn. 632
• People v. Fudge · 875 P.2d 36
• Secondino v. New Haven Gas Co. · 147 Conn. 672
• State v. Bullard · 322 S.E.2d 370

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• Maher v. Quest Diagnostics, Inc. · 269 Conn. 154
• Prentice v. Dalco Electric, Inc. · 907 A.2d 1204
• Hayes v. Decker · 263 Conn. 677
• State v. Griffin · 869 A.2d 640
• State v. Leniart · 140 A.3d 1026
• State v. Kirsch · 263 Conn. 390
• State v. Balbi · 874 A.2d 288
• State v. Chasity West · 877 A.2d 787
• State v. Reid · 254 Conn. 540
• Klein v. Norwalk Hospital · 9 A.3d 364
• State v. Montanez · 197 A.3d 959
• Riley v. Travelers Home & Marine Ins. Co. · 163 A.3d 1246
• State v. Commins · 83 Conn. App. 496
• State v. Pappas · 256 Conn. 854
• State v. Torres · 85 Conn. App. 303
• State v. Haughey · 3 A.3d 980
• State v. Coccomo · 31 A.3d 1012
• Hayes v. Decker · 66 Conn. App. 293
• State v. Edwards · 156 A.3d 506
• State v. FURBUSH · 27 A.3d 497
• State v. Griffin · 77 Conn. App. 424
• State v. Kelly · 256 Conn. 23
• State v. Sorabella · 891 A.2d 897
• Lee v. Martinez · 96 P.3d 291
• State v. Foreman · 954 A.2d 135

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