State v. Santos’s Empirical Analysis

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5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The [petitioner] was arrested and charged, by way of substitute information, with three counts: assault in the first degree [in violation of General Statutes § 53a-59(a)(1) ], unlawful restraint in the first degree [in violation of General Statutes § 53a-95 ], and possession of a dangerous instrument [in violation of General Statutes § 53-206 ]....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 176 Conn. App. 788 - Santos v. Commissioner of Correction

2. “(1) his right to confront an adverse witness was compromised by the trial court's limitations on the disclosure and use of [E.P.'s] psychiatric records, and (2) the [trial] court erred by denying his motion to dismiss or, in the alternative, his request for an adverse inference instruction, because purportedly material evidence was unavailable.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 176 Conn. App. 788 - Santos v. Commissioner of Correction

3. “In the early morning hours of February 3, 2007, a stabbing occurred at 79 Foster Street, a red brick crack house in Meriden [house]. The house was being rented to E.P., 3 the so-called landlord of the premises, who had resided there for seven years. The [petitioner] had been staying in a room on the second floor for about six weeks....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 176 Conn. App. 788 - Santos v. Commissioner of Correction