State v. Pond’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]he court did not tell the jury that the state was required to prove that the defendant specifically intended that, in the course of the robbery, what was represented to be a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument would be used or displayed. Contrary to the state's argument, there is nothing in the rest of the language of the jury instructions that would render this omission in the instruction harmless.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 179 Conn. App. 499 - State v. Blaine

2. “The third element is that the defendant had the intent to commit robbery in the second degree. The intent for that crime is that at the time of the agreement he intended to commit larceny. The defendant may not be found guilty unless the state has proved beyond a reasonable doubt that he specifically intended to commit a larceny when he entered into the agreement.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 179 Conn. App. 499 - State v. Blaine

3. “[One] the state must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant had an agreement with one or more persons to commit robbery in the first degree. Two, at least one of the coconspirators did an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy and, three, the defendant specifically intended to commit robbery in the first degree.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 179 Conn. App. 499 - State v. Blaine