State v. Bailey’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 4 district · 161 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 167 later decisions — most recently February 2026 · most notably State v. Spigarolo (1989), State v. John (1989)
2 federal appellate · 4 district · 161 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Dunn v. United States · Truong Dinh Hung v. United States · State v. Evans · Brown v. United States
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 167 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is beyond serious dispute that the legislature has the authority to place reasonable restrictions on a citizen's right to bear arms.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““ ‘ “Second, is the defendant’s constitutional claim adequately supported by the record? ... In those instances in which the Supreme Court . . . has already clearly indicated that the particular claim is or is not of constitutional proportions and therefore reviewable or not reviewable, a summary ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer may be sufficient. “ ‘ “Third, ‘was there, in fact, based on the record, a deprivation of a constitutional right of a criminal defendant?’ . . . “ ‘ “Fourth, ‘did the deprivation deny the defendant a fair trial, thereby requiring’ that his conviction be set aside. Id. . . .” ’ ” (Citations omitted.) State v. Bailey, 209 Conn. 322 , 329-30 n.4, 551 A.2d 1206 (1988).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[A] person is justified in using reasonable physical force upon another person to defend himself or a third person from what he reasonably believes to be the use or imminent use of physical force, and he may use such degree of force which he reasonably believes to be necessary for such purpose; except that deadly physical force may not be used unless the actor reasonably believes that such other person is (1) using or about to use deadly physical force, or (2) inflicting or about to inflict great bodily harm.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.