State v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

88 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 88 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[i]f ... we conclude that the trial court properly excluded the proffered evidence, then the defendant's constitutional claims necessarily fail”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 171 Conn. App. 702 - State v. Martinez · 183 Conn. App. 623 - State v. Jackson

2. “[W]e will set aside an evidentiary ruling only when there has been a clear abuse of discretion. ... The trial court has wide discretion in determining the relevancy of evidence ... and [e]very reasonable presumption should be made in favor of the correctness of the court's ruling in determining whether there has been an abuse of discretion.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 169 Conn. App. 689 - State v. Beverley · 169 Conn. App. 135 - State v. Lepeska

3. “Evidence is irrelevant or too remote if there is such a want of open and visible connection between the evidentiary and principal facts that, all things considered, the former is not worthy or safe to be admitted in the proof of the latter.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 169 Conn. App. 689 - State v. Beverley · 169 Conn. App. 343 - State v. Rivera