State v. Rodriguez’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The [petitioner] filed a timely appeal from the judgment of the trial court finding him in violation of his 2005 probation, contending, among other things, that there was insufficient evidence for the court to find by a preponderance of the evidence that he had violated the terms of his probation.... The [petitioner], however, did not take a timely appeal challenging his guilty plea to the charge of attempt to commit arson.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 167 Conn. App. 233 - Rodriguez v. Commissioner of Correction

2. “appeared before another judge on the underlying criminal charges and pleaded guilty, pursuant to the Alford doctrine, to attempt to commit arson in the second degree in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-112 and 53a-49. The [petitioner] was thereafter sentenced to eight years incarceration, concurrent to the twelve year sentence imposed for violating probation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 167 Conn. App. 233 - Rodriguez v. Commissioner of Correction

3. “On April 13, 2009, the court found that the [petitioner] violated his probation by committing criminal mischief and violating the no contact order. The court revoked his probation and sentenced him to serve the entire twelve years of his original 2005 sentence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 167 Conn. App. 233 - Rodriguez v. Commissioner of Correction