State v. Jaynes
| Decision Date | 04 October 1994 |
| Citation | 231 Conn. 928,648 A.2d 880 |
| Court | Connecticut Supreme Court |
| Parties | STATE of Connecticut v. Troy JAYNES. |
Elizabeth M. Inkster, Asst. Public Defender, in support of the petition.
Judith Rossi, Asst. State's Atty., in opposition.
The defendant's petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 35 Conn.App. 541, 645 A.2d 1060 (AC 13074), is denied.
I would grant the defendant's petition for certification to appeal.
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Lapointe v. Comm'r of Corr.
...cert. denied, 232 Conn. 916, 655 A.2d 260 (1995); State v. Jaynes, 35 Conn. App. 541, 553-54 n.7, 645 A.2d 1060, cert. denied, 231 Conn. 928, 648 A.2d 880 (1994). Judging credibility is no different with expert witnesses, and attempting to distinguish between decisions based on the "substan......
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State v. Kamel
...that discretion." (Internal quotation marks omitted.) State v. Jaynes, 35 Conn. App. 541, 562, 645 A.2d 1060, cert. denied, 231 Conn. 928, 648 A.2d 880 (1994). The factual basis on which the court relied in the present case was established off the record and without either parties' knowledg......
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State v. Rivera
...trial court to give instruction that drug addiction could be considered in determining witness' credibility), cert. denied, 231 Conn. 928, 648 A.2d 880 (1994) ; State v. Irving , 27 Conn. App. 279, 288 n.5, 606 A.2d 17 ("narcotics offenses are not relevant to prove truthfulness or veracity"......
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State v. Bivrell
...(Citation omitted; internal quotation marks omitted.) State v. Jaynes, 35 Conn. App. 541, 557, 645 A.2d 1060, cert. denied, 231 Conn. 928, 648 A.2d 880 (1994). "Reasonable doubt is a concept easily comprehended but difficult to define. That this is so is manifested by the numerous appeals e......