State v. Kalphat’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “will not be disturbed unless [they are] clearly erroneous in view of the evidence and pleadings in the whole record.... [H]owever, when a question of fact is essential to the outcome of a particular legal determination that implicates a defendant's constitutional rights, and the credibility of witnesses is not the primary issue, our customary deference to the trial court's factual findings is tempered by a scrupulous examination of the record to ascertain that the trial court's factual findings are supported by substantial evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 168 Conn. App. 62 - State v. Kinch

2. “The burden of proving the existence of a reasonable expectation of privacy rests on the defendant.... Absent such an expectation, the subsequent police action has no constitutional ramifications.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 170 Conn. App. 269 - State v. Brito