State Supreme Court / Conn.

State v. Whistnant

Decided February 12, 1980. John P. Cotter wrote the opinion for the court.

179 Conn. 576 · Cited 230 times

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Precedents cited

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. Vasquez · 176 Conn. 239
State v. Brown · 163 Conn. 52
State v. Monte · 38 A.2d 434
Sansone v. United States · 380 U.S. 343
Stevenson v. United States · 162 U.S. 313
State v. Evans · 165 Conn. 61
People v. Sedeno · 518 P.2d 913
State v. Ruiz · 171 Conn. 264
State v. Chetcuti · 173 Conn. 165
State v. Cari · 163 Conn. 174
The People v. Taylor · 224 N.E.2d 266
State v. Carr · 172 Conn. 458
State v. Harden · 175 Conn. 315
State v. Saulnier · 306 A.2d 67
State v. Troynack · 174 Conn. 89
State v. Goldson · 178 Conn. 422
State v. Amaral · 179 Conn. 239
State v. Trujillo · 590 P.2d 1027
Chittum v. Commonwealth · 211 Va. 12
State v. Lopez · 593 P.2d 1003
State v. Anderson · 178 Conn. 287
People v. Spataro · 384 N.E.2d 553
State v. Devine · 149 Conn. 640
State v. Brown · 173 Conn. 254
State v. Blyden · 165 Conn. 522

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State v. Tomlin · 266 Conn. 608
State v. Colon · 272 Conn. 106
State v. Joseph · 976 A.2d 772
State v. Hall · 17 Conn. App. 502
State v. Fernandez · 5 Conn. App. 40
State v. Rasmussen · 225 Conn. 55
State v. Bivrell · 976 A.2d 60
State v. Tomasko · 238 Conn. 253
State v. Arena · 33 Conn. App. 468
State v. Marsha P. · 126 Conn. App. 497
State v. Marsala · 198 A.3d 669
State v. Ostroski · 201 Conn. 534
State v. Manley · 195 Conn. 567
State v. Preston · 248 Conn. 472
State v. Porter · 142 A.3d 1216
State v. Castro · 196 Conn. 421
State v. McIntosh · 199 Conn. 155
State v. Tinsley · 181 Conn. 388
State v. Smith · 35 Conn. App. 51
State v. Cannon · 185 Conn. 260

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