State v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

27 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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “To establish that a defendant is guilty of carrying a pistol without a permit in violation of § 29-35(a), the state must prove that the defendant: (1) carried a pistol or revolver upon his or her person; (2) did so without the proper permit; and (3) was not within his or her dwelling house or place of business.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 183 Conn. App. 54 - State v. Smith

2. “[a]ny person who knowingly has, in any vehicle owned, operated or occupied by such person ... any pistol or revolver for which a proper permit has not been issued as provided in section 29-28 ... shall be guilty of a class D felony ....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 183 Conn. App. 54 - State v. Smith

3. “[n]o person shall carry any pistol or revolver upon his or her person, except when such person is within the dwelling house or place of business of such person, without a permit to carry the same issued as provided in section 29-28....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 183 Conn. App. 54 - State v. Smith