State v. Cook’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 district · 102 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 104 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The language of [Practice Book] § 594 is very clear; it mandates that the warrant . shall be signed by the judicial authority. This court agrees with the trial court’s conclusion that § 594 is designed to provide protection of an individual’s liberty and security interest as supported by logic and precedent. The presence of the judge’s signature lends an authenticity to the warrant which is self-evident due to its presence. An assurance of accuracy and deliberation attaches to a document bearing the official’s or judge’s signature, and not the least important it involves a document which ultimately reaches the individual’s fundamental constitutional right.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Gurrola

2. “Unless the text indicates otherwise, the word `shall' must be assumed to have been used with full awareness of its ordinary meaning. Graham v. Zimmerman, 181 Conn. 367, 371 , 435 A.2d 996 (1980).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Shockley

3. “[i]t has long been recognized that penal statutes and rules of criminal procedure are to be strictly construed to protect the fundamental constitutional right to liberty”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Shockley