175 Conn. App. 739 - State v. Soto’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

25 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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence, a court considers whether there is a reasonable view of the evidence that would support a guilty verdict .... In doing so, the court does not sit as a [seventh] juror who may cast a vote against the verdict based upon our feeling that some doubt of guilt is shown by the cold printed record .... [It] cannot substitute its own judgment for that of the jury if there is sufficient evidence to support the jury's verdict .... Thus, a court will not reweigh the evidence or resolve questions of credibility in determining whether the evidence was sufficient.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 183 Conn. App. 54 - State v. Smith

2. “[T]he inability to meet any one prong requires a determination that the defendant's claim must fail.... The appellate tribunal is free, therefore, to respond to the defendant's claim by focusing on whichever condition is most relevant in the particular circumstances.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 180 Conn. App. 181 - State v. Smith

3. “[T]he inability to meet any one prong requires a determination that the defendant's claim must fail.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 179 Conn. App. 461 - State v. Esquilin