129 Conn. App. 215 - State v. Jordan’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The doctrine of diminished capacity means that if the defendant, because of a limited or impaired mental capacity, did not have that specific intent to commit the acts which comprise the crime [charged] because of a limited or impaired mental capacity, then the element of intent would not have been proven in this case.... "Evidence with regard to a defendant's mental capacity is relevant in any case where a specific intent is an essential element of the crime involved .... Such evidence is admitted not for the purpose of exempting a defendant from criminal responsibility, but as bearing upon the question of whether he possessed, at the time he committed the act, the necessary specific intent, the proof of which was required to obtain a conviction.... "An instruction on diminished capacity would be warranted, therefore, if sufficient evidence was introduced to justify [such an instruction].... The state had the burden of proving the element of intent beyond a reasonable doubt.... To warrant consideration of diminished capacity, however, the defendant must have presented evidence [that] might have raised a reasonable doubt as to the existence of the specified mental state.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 170 Conn. App. 120 - State v. J.M.F.

2. “An instruction on diminished capacity would be warranted, therefore, if sufficient evidence was introduced to justify [such an instruction].... The state had the burden of proving the element of intent beyond a reasonable doubt.... To warrant consideration of diminished capacity, however, the defendant must have presented evidence [that] might have raised a reasonable doubt as to the existence of the specified mental state.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 170 Conn. App. 120 - State v. J.M.F.

3. “The doctrine of diminished capacity means that if the defendant, because of a limited or impaired mental capacity, did not have that specific intent to commit the acts which comprise the crime [charged] because of a limited or impaired mental capacity, then the element of intent would not have been proven in this case....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 170 Conn. App. 120 - State v. J.M.F.