174 Conn. App. 624 - State v. Sampson’s Empirical Analysis

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12 state decisions

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1. “[T]he federal constitution require[s] that criminal defendants be afforded a meaningful opportunity to present a complete defense.... The sixth amendment ... [guarantees] the right to offer the testimony of witnesses, and to compel their attendance, if necessary, [and] is in plain terms the right to present a defense, the right to present the defendant's version of the facts as well as the prosecution's to the jury so that it may decide where the truth lies.... When defense evidence is excluded, such exclusion may give rise to a claim of denial of the right to present a defense.... A defendant is, however, bound by the rules of evidence in presenting a defense.... Although exclusionary rules of evidence cannot be applied mechanistically to deprive a defendant of his rights, the constitution does not require that a defendant be permitted to present every piece of evidence he wishes.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 183 Conn. App. 623 - State v. Jackson

2. “As it is used in [the Connecticut Code of Evidence], relevance encompasses two distinct concepts, namely, probative value and materiality.... Conceptually, relevance addresses whether the evidence makes the existence of a fact material to the determination of the proceeding more probable or less probable than it would be without the evidence.... In contrast, materiality turns upon what is at issue in the case, which generally will be determined by the pleadings and the applicable substantive law.... If evidence is relevant and material, then it may be admissible.... [T]he trial court has broad discretion in ruling on the admissibility ... of evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 182 Conn. App. 706 - State v. Wynne

3. “'Relevant evidence' means evidence having any tendency to make the existence of any fact that is material to the determination of the proceeding more probable or less probable than it would be without the evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 182 Conn. App. 706 - State v. Wynne