State v. Carolina’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. “The language of § 53a-151 plainly warns potential perpetrators that the statute applies to any conduct that is intended to prompt a witness to testify falsely ... in an official proceeding that the perpetrator believes to be pending or imminent .... A defendant is guilty of tampering with a witness if he intends that his conduct directly cause a particular witness to testify falsely .... So interpreted, § 53a-151 applies to conduct intentionally undertaken to undermine the veracity of testimony given by a witness.... The statute applies to successful as well as unsuccessful attempts to induce a witness to render false testimony.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 179 Conn. App. 40 - State v. Jackson · 174 Conn. App. 675 - State v. O'Donnell

2. “A person is guilty of tampering with a witness if, believing that an official proceeding is pending or about to be instituted, he induces or attempts to induce a witness to testify falsely, withhold testimony, elude legal process summoning him to testify or absent himself from any official proceeding.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 179 Conn. App. 40 - State v. Jackson · 174 Conn. App. 675 - State v. O'Donnell

3. “on diverse dates ... from May, 2007 through August, 2009, in the town of Manchester, when he believed that an official proceeding was pending, the defendant induced or attempted to induce a witness to testify falsely in that official proceeding ....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 174 Conn. App. 675 - State v. O'Donnell