175 Conn. App. 22 - State v. Franklin’s Empirical Analysis

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16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In analyzing claims of prosecutorial impropriety, we engage in a two step analytical process.... The two steps are separate and distinct.... We first examine whether prosecutorial impropriety occurred.... Second, if an impropriety exists, we then examine whether it deprived the defendant of his due process right to a fair trial.... In other words, an impropriety is an impropriety, regardless of its ultimate effect on the fairness of the trial. Whether that impropriety was harmful and thus caused or contributed to a due process violation involves a separate and distinct inquiry.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 181 Conn. App. 535 - State v. Turner · 187 Conn. App. 350 - State v. Santiago

2. “[i]n reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence to support a criminal conviction we apply a two-part test. First, we construe the evidence in the light most favorable to sustaining the verdict. Second, we determine whether upon the facts so construed and the inferences reasonably drawn therefrom the [finder of fact] reasonably could have concluded that the cumulative force of the evidence established guilt beyond a reasonable doubt....”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 178 Conn. App. 43 - State v. Gill · 186 Conn. App. 534 - State v. Greene

3. “It is well established law ... that a defendant who fails to preserve claims of prosecutorial [impropriety] need not seek to prevail under the specific requirements of [ State v. Golding , supra, 213 Conn. at 239 -40 , 567 A.2d 823 ], and, similarly, it is unnecessary for a reviewing court to apply the four-pronged Golding test.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 181 Conn. App. 535 - State v. Turner · 187 Conn. App. 350 - State v. Santiago