176 Conn. App. 133 - State v. Megos’s Empirical Analysis

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21 state decisions

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

1. “This court may reverse the trial court's initial factual determination that a condition of probation has been violated only if we determine that such a finding was clearly erroneous.... A finding of fact is clearly erroneous when there is no evidence to support it ... or when although there is evidence to support it, the reviewing court on the entire evidence is left with the definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed.... In making this determination, every reasonable presumption must be given in favor of the trial court's ruling.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 179 Conn. App. 270 - State v. Tucker · 188 Conn. App. 413 - State v. Ruiz

2. “[T]he purpose of a probation revocation hearing is to determine whether a defendant's conduct constituted an act sufficient to support a revocation of probation ... rather than whether the defendant had, beyond a reasonable doubt, violated a criminal law. The proof of the conduct at the hearing need not be sufficient to sustain a violation of a criminal law.... Thus, a probation violation need be proven only by a preponderance of the evidence .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 183 Conn. App. 354 - State v. Taveras · 188 Conn. App. 635 - State v. Dunbar

3. “The evidentiary standard for probation violation proceedings is broad.... [T]he court may ... consider the types of information properly considered at an original sentencing hearing because a revocation hearing is merely a reconvention of the original sentencing hearing.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 179 Conn. App. 270 - State v. Tucker · 187 Conn. App. 879 - State v. Tyson