State v. Roger B.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

42 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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A] defendant is entitled to have the jury correctly and adequately instructed on the pertinent principles of substantive law.... Nonetheless, [the] instructions need not be perfect, as long as they are legally correct, adapted to the issues and sufficient for the jury's guidance.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 188 Conn. App. 532 - State v. Dawson · 178 Conn. App. 179 - State v. Bialowas

2. “simply [did] not contain a sufficient underlying set of facts for [the court] to assess whether the defendant suffered actual prejudice as a result of [the] delay in seeking an arrest warrant,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Holley · State v. Fay

3. “Under the first prong of Golding , [t]he defendant bears the responsibility for providing a record that is adequate for review of his claim of constitutional error. If the facts revealed by the record are insufficient, unclear or ambiguous as to whether a constitutional violation has occurred, we will not attempt to supplement or reconstruct the record, or to make factual determinations, in order to decide the defendant's claim.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 165 Conn. App. 374 - Stacy B. v. Robert S.