State v. Greene’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

67 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 68 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]he [trial] court is under no constitutionally imposed duty to establish a factual basis for a guilty plea prior to its acceptance unless the [trial] judge is put on notice that there may be some need for such an inquiry ... A factual basis inquiry ... is merely one way of satisfying the constitutional requirement that a plea be voluntary and intelligent.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 169 Conn. App. 751 - Robles v. Commissioner of Correction · 186 Conn. App. 770 - State v. Young

2. “On the evening of October 10, 2001, the [petitioner] purchased the following stolen firearms: a Smith & Wesson Daniels Cobray M-11 nine millimeter submachine gun (Cobray M-11); a Braco Arms .38 caliber pistol; and a Mossberg 500A shotgun. At the same time, the [petitioner] purchased stolen ammunition for the Cobray M-11 consisting of eight full thirty-five round magazines loaded with nine millimeter Luger Subsonic bullets. A Cobray M-11 is a semiautomatic or automatic assault weapon capable of emptying a thirty-five round magazine in [less than] two seconds.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Greene v. Comm'r of Corr.

3. “conspiracy to commit manslaughter in the first degree with a firearm is not a cognizable crime because it requires a logical impossibility, namely, that the actor ... [agree and] intend that an unintended death result”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Horn v. Commissioner of Correction