State v. Victor C.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “what-all, none, or some-of a witness' testimony to accept or reject.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 173 Conn. App. 227 - State v. Chankar · 172 Conn. App. 820 - State v. Williams

2. “the jury may find a defendant guilty based solely on the testimony of one witness”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 173 Conn. App. 227 - State v. Chankar · 172 Conn. App. 820 - State v. Williams

3. “Finally, [a]s we have often noted, proof beyond a reasonable doubt does not mean proof beyond all possible doubt ... nor does proof beyond a reasonable doubt require acceptance of every hypothesis of innocence posed by the defendant that, had it been found credible by the [finder of fact], would have resulted in an acquittal.... On appeal, we do not ask whether there is a reasonable view of the evidence that would support a reasonable hypothesis of innocence. We ask, instead, whether there is a reasonable view of the evidence that supports the [finder of fact's] verdict of guilty.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 173 Conn. App. 227 - State v. Chankar