State v. Robinson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

321 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 321 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A] trial court has a responsibility to inquire into and to evaluate carefully all substantial complaints concerning court-appointed counsel .... The extent of that inquiry, however, lies within the discretion of the trial court. ... A trial court does not abuse its discretion by failing to make further inquiry where the [respondent] has already had an adequate opportunity to inform the trial court of his complaints.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 169 Conn. App. 168 - State v. Simpson · 2001 Conn. Super. Ct. 3061 - Robinson v. Gwozdz, No. Fa95-0619118 (Feb. 22, 2001)

2. “If the [request] at trial ... fell short of a seemingly substantial complaint ... the trial court need not inquire into the reasons underlying the defendant's dissatisfaction with his attorney.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 169 Conn. App. 168 - State v. Simpson · State v. Simpson

3. “appellate scrutiny of the trial court's inquiry into complaints concerning adequacy of counsel must be tempered by the timing of such complaints.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 181 Conn. App. 329 - State v. Kukucka · 167 Conn. App. 556 - In re Danyellah S.-C.