State v. Edwards’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

25 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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[w]e review the record in its entirety and are not limited to the evidence before the trial court at the time of the ruling ....”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Castillo · State v. Campbell

2. “a fact finder reasonably might find that a reasonable person would feel free to leave when that person was told repeatedly that he could do so”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 165 Conn. App. 703 - State v. Castillo

3. “article first, § 8 [of Connecticut constitution] does not require electronic recording in order for a confession to be admissible at trial”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 186 Conn. App. 197 - State v. Spring