State v. Schovanec’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

34 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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]raditionally ... have applied the Blockburger 4 test to determine whether two statutes criminalize the same offense, thus placing a defendant prosecuted under both statutes in double jeopardy: [W]here the same act or transaction constitutes a violation of two distinct statutory provisions, the test to be applied to determine whether there are two offenses or only one, is whether each provision requires proof of a fact which the other does not.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 187 Conn. App. 537 - State v. Jerrell R. · State v. Porter

2. “'it must be determined whether the charged crimes are the same offense.'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 187 Conn. App. 537 - State v. Jerrell R. · State v. Porter

3. “it is not uncommon that we look to the evidence at trial and to the state's theory of the case”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Porter · 187 Conn. App. 725 - State v. Bumgarner-Ramos