Oppel v. Lopes’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 district · 46 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 51 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"The Court: Do you understand the offense of murder with which you are being charged?”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Oppel v. Lopes · 1997 Conn. Super. Ct. 12239 - Ramirez v. Warden, No. Cv97 0405191 (Nov. 17, 1997)

2. “At about 5 A.M. on September 19, 1980, the petitioner, who conducted a silkscreen business from his home in Monroe, was in his workshop when his wife came home. An argument arose between them concerning the manner in which the cars were parked in a parking area at the residence. The petitioner claims that, as a result of the dispute, his wife picked up a pipe and struck him. In response, the petitioner picked up a hammer and repeatedly struck his wife on the head with it. He then took a cord from his workbench and strangled her. Thereafter he sought the assistance of a worker on the premises to help him dispose of his wife’s body. The two men dug a grave beneath a patio that was under construction and buried the wife’s body. They then cleaned up the area and disposed of her car. Approximately a month later, the Monroe police, acting pursuant to a search warrant, excavated the patio and located the victim’s body.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Oppel v. Lopes

3. “'understanding of the law in relation to the facts.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Oppel v. Meachum