182 Conn. App. 237 - State v. Hearl’s Empirical Analysis

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19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) the record is adequate to review the alleged claim of error; (2) the claim is of constitutional magnitude alleging the violation of a fundamental right; (3) the alleged constitutional violation ... exists and ... deprived the defendant of a fair trial; and (4) if subject to harmless error analysis, the state has failed to demonstrate harmlessness of the alleged constitutional violation beyond a reasonable doubt.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 189 Conn. App. 186 - State v. Grasso

2. “[A] defendant is entitled to have the jury correctly and adequately instructed on the pertinent principles of substantive law.... Nonetheless, [the] instructions need not be perfect, as long as they are legally correct, adapted to the issues and sufficient for the jury's guidance.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 188 Conn. App. 532 - State v. Dawson