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community standard in Connecticut

9 Connecticut opinions name it 3 courts 1965–2021 1 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Connecticut courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (3)

CaseFollowedCited
Quinebaug Bank v. Tarboxgreen
conn · 1850 · cited in 2 Connecticut opinions naming this issue, 1986–1993
2 sentences

1993“Although this representative cross section of the community standard was not articulated in the early common law, fairness and integrity in the selection process were always the touchstone. ‘It being indispensable to the pure administration of justice, in trials by jury, that the jurors should be selected with the utmost fairness and integrity, courts have always deemed it a good cause of challenge to them, that the officer returning them was interested, or guilty of any par tiality or misconduct, in their selection; and so careful and jealous are they on this subject, that the objection on t

1986“It being indispensable to the pure administration of justice, in trials by jury, that the jurors should be selected with the utmost fairness and integrity, courts have always deemed it a good cause of challenge to them, that the officer returning them was interested, or guilty of any partiality or misconduct, in their selection; and so careful and jealous are they on this subject, that the objection on this ground goes, not only to the particular jurors returned under the influence of such improper motives or conduct, but extends to the whole panel and is a cause of challenge to the array.” Q

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Michael McCray v. Robert Abramsgreen
ca2 · 1984 · cited in 1 Connecticut opinions naming this issue, 1986–1986
1 sentence

1986“The random drawing of petit jurors from the venire is by its very nature inconsistent with any guarantee of a particular resulting composition.” McCray v. Abrams, 750 F.2d 1113, 1128 (2d Cir. 1984), reh. denied, 756 F.2d 277 (2d Cir. 1985) (en banc).

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Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slatongreen
scotus · 1973 · cited in 1 Connecticut opinions naming this issue, 1977–1977
2 sentences

1977See, e.g., Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton, 413 U.S. 49 , 93 S. Ct. 2628 , 37 L.

1977See, e.g., Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton, 413 U.S. 49 , 93 S. Ct. 2628 , 37 L.

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Connecticut. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (9)

CaseCitedYears
State v. Onorato green
connappct · 1965
2 sentences

1975State v. Onorato, 3 Conn. Cir. Ct. 438 .

1975State v. Onorato, 3 Conn. Cir. Ct. 438 .

21975–1975
A Book Named \John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure\" v. Attorney General of Massachusetts" green
scotus · 1966
2 sentences

1975Similarly, after certain requirements that the material be utterly lacking in social value and that a national standard rather than a community standard be used were imposed in Memoirs v. Massachusetts, 383 U.S. 413 , and in Jacobellis v. Ohio, 378 U.S. 184 , the statute was viewed as encompassing those modifications of the Roth tests.

1975Similarly, after certain requirements that the material he utterly lacking in social value and that a national standard rather than a community standard he used were imposed in Memoirs v. Massachusetts, 383 U.S. 413 , and in Jacobellis v. Ohio, 378 U.S. 184 , the statute was viewed as encompassing those modifications of the Roth tests.

21975–1975
Jacobellis v. Ohio green
scotus · 1964
2 sentences

1975Similarly, after certain requirements that the material be utterly lacking in social value and that a national standard rather than a community standard be used were imposed in Memoirs v. Massachusetts, 383 U.S. 413 , and in Jacobellis v. Ohio, 378 U.S. 184 , the statute was viewed as encompassing those modifications of the Roth tests.

1975Similarly, after certain requirements that the material he utterly lacking in social value and that a national standard rather than a community standard he used were imposed in Memoirs v. Massachusetts, 383 U.S. 413 , and in Jacobellis v. Ohio, 378 U.S. 184 , the statute was viewed as encompassing those modifications of the Roth tests.

21975–1975
State v. Moore green
conn · 2019
1 sentence

2021While the defendant’s appeal was pending, our Supreme Court issued its decision in State v. Moore, 334 Conn. 275, 278 , 221 A.3d 40 (2019).3 On the basis of that decision, this court ordered the parties to file simultaneous supplemental briefs addressing the impact of Moore on this appeal.

12021–2021
State v. Padua green
conn · 2005
2 sentences

2017Even though I would reverse the judgment of the trial court on the basis of instructional impropriety; see part IV of this concurring and dissenting opinion; I "must address a defendant's insufficiency of the evidence claim, if the claim is properly briefed and the record is adequate for the court's review, because resolution of the claim may be dispositive of the case and a retrial may be a wasted endeavor." (Internal quotation marks omitted.) State v. Padua , 273 Conn. 138 , 179, 869 A.2d 192 (2005).

2017Even though I would reverse the judgment of the trial court on the basis of instructional impropriety; see part IV of this concurring and dissenting opinion; I "must address a defendant's insufficiency of the evidence claim, if the claim is properly briefed and the record is adequate for the court's review, because resolution of the claim may be dispositive of the case and a retrial may be a wasted endeavor." (Internal quotation marks omitted.) State v. Padua , 273 Conn. 138 , 179, 869 A.2d 192 (2005).

12017–2017
Neal v. Shiels, Inc. green
conn · 1974
1 sentence

1997Although there may be what is termed in secular society a "moral obligation" to volunteer, arising out of an ethical standard of ideal social behavior, yet the law does not impose upon the community a standard of behavior which equates to the concept of "moral obligations." The case of Neal v. Shiels, 166 Conn. 3 (1974) recognize the preposition that persons not initially owing an obligation to another may, by actions on their part, assume legal obligations to others, including children.

11997–1997
Michael McCray v. Robert Abrams green
ca2 · 1985
1 sentence

1986“The random drawing of petit jurors from the venire is by its very nature inconsistent with any guarantee of a particular resulting composition.” McCray v. Abrams, 750 F.2d 1113, 1128 (2d Cir. 1984), reh. denied, 756 F.2d 277 (2d Cir. 1985) (en banc).

11986–1986
Miller v. California green
scotus · 1973
1 sentence

1975After the decision in Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15, it was amended to specify a community standard, as was permitted by that decision which overruled Jacobellis in that respect.

11975–1975
Roth v. United States green
scotus · 1957
1 sentence

1965It should also be recognized that the Both standard requires in the first instance a finding that the mate rial ‘goes substantially beyond customary limits of candor in description or representation of such matters.’ ” These were the tests laid down in Roth v. United States, supra. The United States Supreme Court in the Jacobellis case added, however, the further requirement that the community standard be determined on a national basis.

11965–1965

Where else courts name it

TX 160 (1907–2025) CA 74 (1958–2026) ID 45 (1892–2025) OH 33 (1990–2026) LA 32 (1948–2024) AZ 23 (1929–2024) IL 23 (1977–2025) NY 17 (1896–2016) WA 16 (1914–2026) PA 14 (1974–2018) NC 13 (1986–2026) NM 12 (1973–2024) AL 12 (1879–2007) OR 11 (1960–2022) CT 9 (1965–2021) IN 9 (1894–2020) MN 7 (1984–2014) FL 7 (1965–2020) GA 7 (1977–2013) CO 7 (1971–2009) NE 6 (1973–2021) MO 5 (1979–2005) SD 5 (1978–2008) MT 5 (1980–2012) AK 5 (1984–1997) IA 5 (1991–2024) RI 4 (1991–2015) OK 4 (1973–1992) NJ 4 (1963–2025) MI 4 (1868–1970) UT 3 (1980–2012) SC 3 (1970–2001) MD 3 (1970–2003) AR 3 (1984–2012) KS 3 (1932–2013) MA 3 (1982–2019) NV 3 (2023–2023) WY 3 (1991–1996) WV 2 (1982–1992) KY 2 (1993–2007) WI 2 (1980–1999) MS 2 (2009–2010) TN 2 (1998–2005) VA 2 (1974–1974)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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