State v. Simpson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

21 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Furthermore, in assessing the adequacy of the trial court's consideration of a motion to withdraw a guilty plea, we do not examine the dialogue between defense counsel and the trial court ... in isolation but, rather, evaluate it in light of other relevant factors, such as the thoroughness of the initial plea canvass.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 186 Conn. App. 770 - State v. Young

2. “felony murder in violation of ... § 53a-54c.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 185 Conn. App. 139 - Adkins v. Commissioner of Correction