State v. Connor’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

39 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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The defendant was charged with a number of crimes 2 in connection with the abduction of his former wife .... The extensive pretrial proceedings reflected repeated attempts by the trial court to ascertain the defendant's competency both to stand trial and to discharge his court-appointed counsel and represent himself. 3 ... The defendant's competency had been called into doubt due to the fact that he had suffered a debilitating stroke and exhibited signs of mental illness.... The efficacy of these proceedings was complicated by the defendant's refusal to cooperate with the medical professionals tasked with evaluating him and his intermittent unresponsiveness in court .... In reliance on the opinion of several medical professionals, the trial court, McMahon, J. , concluded that the defendant's refusal to cooperate was volitional ... and the trial court, Miano, J. , thereafter concluded that the defendant was malingering, and found him competent to stand trial.... "The defendant's case proceeded to trial before Judge Espinosa, 4 who concluded that the defendant's unresponsiveness during jury selection reflected his continued malingering ... [and] that the defendant was competent to represent himself.... Judge Espinosa therefore permitted the defendant to represent himself, but appointed his defense counsel as standby counsel .... A jury [found] the defendant [guilty] on all but one of the charges against him.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 170 Conn. App. 615 - State v. Connor

2. “The defendant's case proceeded to trial before Judge Espinosa, 4 who concluded that the defendant's unresponsiveness during jury selection reflected his continued malingering ... [and] that the defendant was competent to represent himself.... Judge Espinosa therefore permitted the defendant to represent himself, but appointed his defense counsel as standby counsel .... A jury [found] the defendant [guilty] on all but one of the charges against him.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 170 Conn. App. 615 - State v. Connor

3. “[I]t is clear that, at a minimum, the parties must be provided sufficient notice that the court intends to consider an issue. It is implicit that an opportunity to be heard must be a meaningful opportunity, in order to satisfy concerns of fundamental fairness .... The parties must be allowed time to review the record with that issue in mind, to conduct research, and to prepare a response.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Geriatrics, Inc. v. McGee