125 Conn. App. 113 - State v. Monahan’s Empirical Analysis

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22 state decisions

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The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Appellate analysis of [a sufficiency of the evidence claim] requires us to undertake a well defined, twofold task. We first review the evidence presented at the trial, construing it in the light most favorable to sustaining the . . . verdict. We then determine whether, upon the facts thus established and the inferences reasonably drawn therefrom, the [finder of fact] could reasonably have concluded that the cumulative effect of the evidence established guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 133 Conn. App. 118 - State v. Ortiz

2. “cursory attention in [his] brief without substantive discussion or citation of authorities”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 167 Conn. App. 585 - Merle S. v. Commissioner of Correction