State v. Kitchens’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 288 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 292 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “when the trial court provides counsel with a copy of the proposed jury instructions, allows a meaningful opportunity for their review, solicits comments from counsel regarding changes or modifications and counsel affirmatively accepts the instructions proposed or given, the defendant may be deemed to have knowledge of any potential flaws therein and to have waived implicitly the constitutional right to challenge the instructions on direct appeal.”

   18 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 181 Conn. App. 167 - Cator v. Commissioner of Correction · 180 Conn. App. 205 - State v. Soyini

2. “[a] constitutional claim that has been waived does not satisfy [its] third prong ... because, in such circumstances, we simply cannot conclude that injustice [has been] done to either party ... or that the alleged constitutional violation ... exists and ... deprived the defendant of a fair trial ....”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. McClain · 190 Conn. App. 483 - State v. Ramon A. G.

3. “[a] person acts 'intentionally' with respect to a result or to conduct described by a statute defining an offense when his conscious objective is to cause such result or to engage in such conduct....”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 167 Conn. App. 851 - Kitchens v. Commissioner of Correction · 165 Conn. App. 255 - State v. Johnson