State v. Vitale

Decided September 10, 1985. Robert J. Callahan wrote the opinion for the court.

197 Conn. 396 · Cited 160 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.

• State v. Stankowski · 184 Conn. 121
• State v. Briggs · 179 Conn. 328
• State v. Castro · 196 Conn. 421
• State v. Whistnant · 179 Conn. 576
• State v. Gooch · 186 Conn. 17
• Casalo v. Claro · 147 Conn. 625
• Vogel v. Sylvester · 148 Conn. 666
• State v. Shindell · 195 Conn. 128
• State v. Harris · 182 Conn. 220
• State v. Bates · 140 Conn. 326
• State v. McCarthy · 197 Conn. 166
• State v. Rivera · 196 Conn. 567
• State v. Corley · 177 Conn. 243
• State v. Jones · 167 Conn. 228
• State v. Thompson · 191 Conn. 146
• Leuschner v. State · 397 A.2d 622
• State v. MacFarlane · 188 Conn. 542
• State v. Gaynor · 182 Conn. 501
• Vines v. Orchard Hills, Inc. · 181 Conn. 501

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• State v. Laccone · 37 Conn. App. 21
• State v. Medina · 228 Conn. 281
• State v. Pittman · 209 Conn. 596
• State v. Medina · 227 Conn. 456
• Sadloski v. Town of Manchester · 235 Conn. 637
• State v. Boles · 223 Conn. 535
• State v. Milner · 206 Conn. 512
• State v. Palmer · 206 Conn. 40
• State v. Copeland · 205 Conn. 201
• State v. Mullins · 952 A.2d 784
• State v. Menzies · 26 Conn. App. 674
• State v. Martin · 38 Conn. App. 731
• State v. Delgado · 8 Conn. App. 273
• State v. Pinnock · 220 Conn. 765
• State v. Franko · 199 Conn. 481
• State v. Doehrer · 200 Conn. 642
• State v. Payne · 219 Conn. 93
• State v. Brown · 199 Conn. 14
• State v. Cosby · 6 Conn. App. 164
• State v. McIver · 201 Conn. 559
• State v. Walker · 215 Conn. 1

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