State v. Drakes’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

22 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(a) Any person who has been convicted of a criminal offense against a victim who is a minor, a nonviolent sexual offense or a sexually violent offense ... or a felony, and has been sentenced on that conviction to the custody of the Commissioner of Correction shall, prior to release from custody and at such time as the commissioner may specify, submit to the taking of a blood or other biological sample for DNA ... analysis to determine identification characteristics specific to the person....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Banks

2. “Did the Appellate Court correctly determine that prior to the passage of No. 11-144, § 1, of the 2011 Public Acts, which amended ... § 54-102g, it was permissible for the trial court to grant the state permission to use reasonable physical force to obtain a DNA sample?”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Banks

3. “is coextensive with that provided by the constitution of the United States.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 186 Conn. App. 84 - State v. Adams