State v. Avcollie’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

164 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 164 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]he court has an inherent power to set verdicts aside.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 170 Conn. App. 241 - State v. Mark · 2000 Conn. Super. Ct. 5145 - State v. Collins, No. Cr 265830 (May 2, 2000)

2. “The inquiry of this court is directed to whether, on the facts established and the inferences reasonably to be drawn therefrom, the verdict can be supported.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2000 Conn. Super. Ct. 5145 - State v. Collins, No. Cr 265830 (May 2, 2000) · 2001 Conn. Super. Ct. 5741 - State v. Whitfield, No. Cr99-280579 (Apr. 27, 2001)

3. “First, the verdict may be overturned if the manifest injustice is so plain and palpable as to justify a suspicion that the verdict was produced by improper influences in passing on the credibility of witnesses and weighing conflicting testimony.... [Second], [t]he verdict may ... be set aside if it is based on physically impossible conclusions, when testimony is in conflict with indisputable physical facts, the facts demonstrate that the testimony is either intentionally or unintentionally untrue, and [the facts] leave no real question of conflict of evidence for the jury concerning which reasonable minds could reasonably differ.... [Third and] [f]inally, a verdict may be set aside if the jury could not reasonably have concluded, from the facts established and the inferences reasonably drawn therefrom, that the cumulative effect of the evidence established guilt beyond a reasonable doubt .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 170 Conn. App. 241 - State v. Mark