State v. McKnight’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

194 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 194 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A]lthough an alibi is sometimes spoken of as a defense, it operates, in this state, to entitle an accused to an acquittal when he has so far proved his alibi that upon all the evidence a reasonable doubt of his guilt has been raised. While the state is bound to prove beyond a reasonable doubt all the essential elements of the crime charged, including proof of the presence of the accused at the scene of the crime, where an alibi is asserted and relied upon as a defense ... evidence offered by [the accused] upon that subject is to be considered by [the fact finder] in connection with all the rest, in determining whether he was present, and ... if a reasonable doubt upon that point exists, it is [the fact finder's] duty to acquit.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 164 Conn. App. 459 - State v. Brantley · 164 Conn. App. 530 - Spearman v. Commissioner of Correction

2. “`The answer must be found in the circumstances present in every case, particularly in the reasons presented to the trial judge at the time the request is denied.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 1995 Conn. Super. Ct. 7748 - Falzetti v. Bd. of Examiners for Barbers, No. Cv 94-0460894s (Jul. 20, 1995)