State v. Marra’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

49 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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “awoke at approximately 2 a.m. to the sound of a male voice, coming from outside, screaming: 'No, no!' "; observed two men quickly carrying the limp body of another man, presumably Noel, by his arms and legs down the sidewalk toward a parked van in which they tossed him; and, later that morning, "observed a large puddle of blood near the door of the building, a clump of dark brown hair near the puddle, blood splattered from the puddle over to the place where the van had been parked, and a set of keys.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 174 Conn. App. 440 - Marra v. Commissioner of Correction

2. “; observed two men quickly carrying the limp body of another man, presumably Noel, by his arms and legs down the sidewalk toward a parked van in which they tossed him; and, later that morning,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 174 Conn. App. 440 - Marra v. Commissioner of Correction