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Connecticut Vs. Johnson

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Feb 23, 1983

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  2. Payne Vs. Arkansas US Supreme Court · May 19, 1958
  3. Tumey Vs. Ohio US Supreme Court · Mar 07, 1927
  4. Harrington Vs. California US Supreme Court · Jun 02, 1969
  5. County Court of Ulster County Vs. Allen US Supreme Court · Jun 04, 1979
  6. Oregon Vs. Hass US Supreme Court · Mar 19, 1975
  7. Cooper Vs. California US Supreme Court · Feb 20, 1967
  8. Sandstrom Vs. Montana US Supreme Court · Jun 18, 1979
  9. Fahy Vs. Connecticut US Supreme Court · Dec 02, 1963
  10. U.S. 73 (1983) U.S. Supreme Court Connecticut v. Johnson
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  11. U.S. 73 (1983) Connecticut v. Johnson
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  12. did not contain any further discussion of intent. While respondent's appeal was pending, this Court decided Sandstrom v. Montana
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  13. Court and delivered an opinion, in which JUSTICE BRENNAN, JUSTICE WHITE, and JUSTICE MARSHALL joined. In Sandstrom v. Montana
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  14. transcript, the appeal was not briefed and argued until February, 1981. In the interim, this Court decided Sandstrom v. Montana
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  15. State's argument that the Sandstrom violation was harmless, seemingly relying on its recent decision in State v. Truppi
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  16. certiorari, the State claimed that the Sandstrom error should have been analyzed for harmlessness under Chapman v. California
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  17. Id. at 386 U. S. 23 , and n. 8 (citing Gideon v. Wainwright
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  18. U. S. 510 (1927) (impartial judge)). Resolving the question reserved three years earlier in Fahy v. Connecticut
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  19. U.S. at 386 U. S. 24 . See also Milton v. Wainwright
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  20. altered in Chapman, however, the Court had decided certain cases that remain instructive here. In Bollenbach v. United
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  21. Id. at 326 U. S. 614 . The following year, the Court decided Carpenters v. United
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  22. United States v. Martin
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  23. Carpenters v. United
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  24. Sparf & Hansen v. United
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  25. the guilty and too little weight to the method by which decisions of guilt are to be made. The Court, in Bollenbach v. United
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  26. See County Court of Ulster County v. Allen
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  27. on the offense for which he was convicted, it would be appropriate to find the error harmless. See, e.g., Hearn v. James
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  28. State v. Sheldon
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  29. addition, a Sandstrom error may be harmless if the defendant conceded the issue of intent. See, e.g., Krzeminski v. Perini
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  30. F.2d 121, 125 (CA6), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 866 (1980). See also Washington v. Harris
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  31. United States v. Winter
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  32. may well be harmless, and have then gone on to decide whether the evidence of guilt was overwhelming. See, e.g., Lamb v. Jernigan
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  33. Jacks v. Duckworth
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  34. People v. Wright
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  35. State v. McKenzie
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  36. presumption is harmless depends on whether intent was a disputed issue in the case. See, e.g., United States v. Winter
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  37. McGuinn v. Crist
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  38. Washington v. Harris
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  39. People v. Thomas
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  40. opinion). Still other courts have suggested that Sandstrom errors can never be harmless. See, e.g., Hammontree v. Phelps
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  41. State v. Truppi
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  42. Conn. 449, 466, 438 A.2d 712, 721 (1980), cert. denied, 451 U.S. 941 (1981). See also Dietz v. Solem
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  43. These issues are not now before us, because respondent's own petition for a writ of certiorari was denied. Johnson v. Connecticut
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  44. rule expounded in State v. Evans
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  45. Conn.61, 69-70, 327 A.2d 576, 581 (1973). The decision on the merits is therefore properly before us. Engle v. Isaac
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  46. In Truppi, the court, citing Chapman v. California
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  47. permit fewer applications of the harmless error rule than does the Federal Constitution. See PruneYard Shopping Center v. Robins
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  48. The Supreme Court of Montana, on the remand of Sandstrom, found that the error was not harmless. State v. Sandstrom
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  49. Schmolesky, County Court of Ulster County v. Allen
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  50. This is all the Court held in Chapman v. California
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