State of Connecticut v. Russell Peeler. — Robinson, J., Concurring

Summary

Justice Robinson concurred in reversing the defendant's death sentence because the court should adhere to its recent constitutional precedent absent compelling reasons to overrule it. He emphasized that the only material change since that precedent was the court's membership, and that overruling it on that basis would undermine institutional legitimacy, stability, and the rule of law. Justices Zarella and Espinosa, dissenting, would have overruled the precedent as clearly wrong, while Chief Justice Rogers and Justices Palmer, Eveleigh, and McDonald separately concurred in adhering to it.