State v. Robert H.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 federal appellate · 53 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 58 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Any person who ... wilfully or unlawfully causes or permits any child under the age of sixteen years to be placed in such a situation that the life or limb of such child is endangered, the health of such child is likely to be injured or the morals of such child are likely to be impaired, or does any act likely to impair the health or morals of any such child, ... shall be guilty of a class C felony....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Campbell v. Holder

2. “In reviewing a sufficiency of the evidence claim, we apply a two-part test. First, we construe the evidence in the light most favorable to sustaining the verdict. Second, we determine whether upon the facts so construed and the inferences reasonably drawn therefrom the [fact finder] reasonably could have concluded that the cumulative force of the evidence established guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 93 Conn. App. 349 - State v. Silva

3. “Cases construing § 53-21 have emphasized this clear separation between the two parts of the statute ....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 185 Conn. App. 53 - Dubinsky v. Black