State v. Robinson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “On May 19, 1997, at approximately 3:00 p.m., the defendant and the victim, Raymond Felix, were seen arguing outside the P.T. Barnum apartment complex in Bridgeport. During this argument, the defendant asked the victim, referring to a prior altercation, why the victim had shot him. The victim responded that he had shot the defendant because he thought the defendant was a”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2003 Conn. Super. Ct. 4019 - State v. Robinson, No. Cr97-0129672 (Mar. 25, 2003)

2. “The argument escalated and the defendant fired two shots at the victim. One bullet grazed the back of the victim's head and the second penetrated his chest and lung. The victim died from internal bleeding.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2003 Conn. Super. Ct. 4019 - State v. Robinson, No. Cr97-0129672 (Mar. 25, 2003)