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49 citation events (49 in the last 25 years) across 2 distinct courts.
Strongest positive: State v. Grant (connappct, 2014-12-23)
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Top citers, strongest first. 11 distinct citers. How cited ↗
discussed Cited as authority (rule) State v. Grant
Conn. App. Ct. · 2014 · confidence medium
The occasional use of rhetorical devices is simply fair argu- ment.’’ (Internal quotation marks omitted.) Id., 642. ‘‘[S]ome use of sarcastic and informal language, when intended to forcefully criticize a defense theory on the permissible bases of the evidence and the common sense of the jury, is not necessarily improper.’’ State v. James, 141 Conn. App. 124, 150 , 60 A.3d 1011 , cert. denied, 308 Conn. 932 , 64 A.3d 331 (2013).
examined Cited as authority (rule) State v. Holley (3×)
Conn. App. Ct. · 2013 · confidence medium
We disagree. 9 It is well settled that “[a] prosecutor may not seek to sway the jury by unfair appeals to emotion and prejudice . . . .” (Internal quotation marks omitted.) State v. Kendall, 123 Conn. App. 625, 637 , 2 A.3d 990 , cert. denied, 299 Conn. 902 , 10 A.3d 521 (2010). “[0]ur Supreme Court has recognized that repetitive and excessive use of sarcasm is one method of improperly swaying the fact finder.” (Internal quotation marks omitted.) Id., 642.
cited Cited "see" Johnson v. Commissioner of Correction
Conn. App. Ct. · 2024 · signal: see · confidence high
See State v. Kendall, 123 Conn. App. 625 , 650–51, 2 A.3d 990 , cert. denied, 299 Conn. 902 , 10 A.3d 521 (2010).
cited Cited "see" Kendall v. Commissioner of Correction
Conn. App. Ct. · 2015 · signal: see · confidence high
See State v. Kendall, 123 Conn. App. 625 , 2 A.3d 990 , cert. denied, 299 Conn. 902 , 10 A.3d 521 (2010).
discussed Cited "see" State v. Friend
Conn. App. Ct. · 2015 · signal: see · confidence high
See State v. Kendall, 123 Conn. App. 625 , 643–44, 2 A.3d 990 (finding it proper for prosecutor, following defendant’s closing argument, to highlight dif- ference between state’s version and defendant’s version of facts and inferences properly drawn from those facts), cert. denied, 299 Conn. 902 , 10 A.3d 521 (2010).
discussed Cited "see" State v. EDWARD M.
Conn. App. Ct. · 2012 · signal: see · confidence high
See State v. Kendall, 123 Conn. App. 625, 636 , 2 A.3d 990 (“[i]n addressing the jury, [cjounsel must be allowed a generous latitude in argument, as the limits of legitimate argument and fair comment cannot be determined precisely by rule and line, and something must be allowed for the zeal of counsel in the heat of argument” [internal quotation marks omitted]), cert. denied, 299 Conn. 902 , 10 A.3d 521 (2010).
discussed Cited "see" Przekopski v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals (2×)
Conn. App. Ct. · 2011 · signal: see · confidence high
Id., at 489 , 914 A.2d 606 ; see Berzins v. Berzins, 122 Conn.App. 674, 681-83 , 998 A.2d 1265 (applying abuse of discretion standard to review of trial court's granting of motion for sanctions and attorney's fees), cert. granted, 299 Conn. 904 , 10 A.3d 521 (2010).
discussed Cited "see" Przekopski v. Zoning Board of Appeals (2×)
Conn. App. Ct. · 2011 · signal: see · confidence high
Id., 489 ; see Berzins v. Berzins, 122 Conn. App. 674, 681-83 , 998 A.2d 1265 (applying abuse of discretion standard to review of trial court’s granting of motion for sanctions and attorney’s fees), cert. granted, 299 Conn. 904 , 10 A.3d 521 (2010).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Fajardo v. Boston Scientific Corp.
Conn. · 2021 · signal: see also · confidence low
See, e.g., State v. Bettini, 11 Conn. App. 684, 690 , 528 A.2d 1180 (‘‘[i]n the absence of compliance with the rules of practice, the trial court is entitled to deny a request to charge’’), cert. denied, 205 Conn. 804 , 531 A.2d 937 (1987); see also State v. Kendall, 123 Conn. App. 625, 672 , 2 A.3d 990 , cert. denied, 299 Conn. 902 , 10 A.3d 521 (2010).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Fajardo v. Boston Scientific Corp.
Conn. · 2021 · signal: see also · confidence low
See, e.g., State v. Bettini, 11 Conn. App. 684, 690 , 528 A.2d 1180 (‘‘[i]n the absence of compliance with the rules of practice, the trial court is entitled to deny a request to charge’’), cert. denied, 205 Conn. 804 , 531 A.2d 937 (1987); see also State v. Kendall, 123 Conn. App. 625, 672 , 2 A.3d 990 , cert. denied, 299 Conn. 902 , 10 A.3d 521 (2010).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." State v. Acampora
Conn. App. Ct. · 2017 · signal: see also · confidence low
(Emphasis in original; internal quotation marks omitted.) State v. Annulli , supra, at 493, 71 A.3d 530 ; State v. West , 274 Conn. 605 , 641, 877 A.2d 787 , cert. denied, 546 U.S. 1049 , 126 S.Ct. 775 , 163 L.Ed.2d 601 (2005) ; see also State v. Dougherty , 123 Conn.App. 872 , 877, 3 A.3d 208 ("[e]vidence is material where it is offered to prove a fact directly in issue or a fact probative of a matter in issue"), cert. denied, 299 Conn. 901 , 10 A.3d 521 (2010) ; State v. Maner , 147 Conn.App. 761 , 768, 83 A.3d 1182 ("materiality turns upon what is at issue in the case, which generally will …
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Mary Berzins
v.
David Berzins
SC 18708.
Supreme Court of Connecticut.
Nov 4, 2010.
10 A.3d 521
Linda C. Lehmann, in support of the petition.
Published

The substitute defendant administrator’s petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 122 Conn. App. 674 (AC 30946), is granted, limited to the following issue:

“Whether the Appellate Court properly affirmed the trial court’s decision to order the substitute defendant administrator to pay the attorney’s fees of the plaintiff pursuant to Ramin v. Ramin, 281 Conn. 324, 915 A.2d 790 (2007)?”