131 Conn. App. 701 - Drake v. Bingham’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Preston v. Keith · Hallas v. Boehmke & Dobosz, Inc. · State, Department of Corrections v. Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers · Hurley v. Heart Physicians, P.C. · State v. Bonner
Most-quoted passages
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“Relevant evidence is evidence that has a logical tendency to aid the trier in the determination of an issue.... One fact is relevant to another if in the common course of events the existence of one, alone or with other facts, renders the existence of the other either more certain or more probable.... Evidence is not rendered inadmissible because it is not conclusive. All that is required is that the evidence tend to support a relevant fact even to a slight degree ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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