168 Conn. App. 194 - State v. Balbuena’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
1
states following
February 2020
most recently cited
13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Pinnock · Cranston Print Works Co. v. City of Cranston · State v. Boykin · State v. Green · To the Honorable Senate of the State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The standard of appellate review of a denial of a motion for a judgment of acquittal has been settled by judicial decision.... The issue to be determined is whether the jury could have reasonably concluded, from the facts established and the reasonable inferences which could be drawn from those facts, that the cumulative effect was to establish guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.... The facts and the reasonable inferences stemming from the facts must be given a construction most favorable to sustaining the jury's verdict.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“When evaluating the sufficiency of the evidence, [t]here is no distinction between direct and circumstantial evidence so far as probative force is concerned .... Indeed, [c]ircumstantial evidence ... may be more certain, satisfying and persuasive than direct evidence... Therefore, the probative force of the evidence is not diminished because it consists, in whole or in part, of circumstantial evidence rather than direct evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Seeley“[T]he size of a defendant's role does not determine whether that person may be convicted of conspiracy charges. Rather, what is important is whether the defendant willfully participated in the activities of the conspiracy with knowledge of its illegal ends.... Participation in a single act in furtherance of the conspiracy is enough to sustain a finding of knowing participation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.