178 Conn. App. 43 - State v. Gill’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. “"[T]he specific intent to kill is an essential element of the crime of murder. To act intentionally, the defendant must have had the conscious objective to cause the death of the victim.... Because direct evidence of the accused's state of mind is rarely available ... intent is often inferred from conduct ... and from the cumulative effect of the circumstantial evidence and the rational inferences drawn therefrom.... Intent to cause death may be inferred from the type of weapon used, the manner in which it was used, the type of wound inflicted and the events leading to and immediately following the death.... Furthermore, it is a permissible, albeit not a necessary or mandatory, inference that a defendant intended the natural consequences of his voluntary conduct." (Internal quotation marks omitted.) State v. Gill , 178 Conn. App. 43 , 48-49, 173 A.3d 998 , cert. denied, 327 Conn. 987 , 175 A.3d 44 (2017) ; see also State v. Otto , 305 Conn. 51 , 66-67, 43 A.3d 629 (2012).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 181 Conn. App. 167 - Cator v. Commissioner of Correction

2. “Finally, [a]s we have often noted, proof beyond a reasonable doubt does not mean proof beyond all possible doubt ... nor does proof beyond a reasonable doubt require acceptance of every hypothesis of innocence posed by the defendant that, had it been found credible by the [finder of fact], would have resulted in an acquittal.... On appeal, we do not ask whether there is a reasonable view of the evidence that would support a reasonable hypothesis of innocence. We ask, instead, whether there is a reasonable view of the evidence that supports the [finder of fact's] verdict of guilty.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 180 Conn. App. 835 - State v. Bagnaschi

3. “A person is guilty of murder when, with intent to cause the death of another person, he causes the death of such person ....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 181 Conn. App. 167 - Cator v. Commissioner of Correction