State v. Lewis’s Empirical Analysis

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12 state decisions

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

1. “Due process does not require that the defendant, in a revocation of probation proceeding based on criminal activity, be aware of the conditions of probation. “In such a ease, knowledge of the criminal law is imputed to the probationer, as is an understanding that violation of the law will lead to the revocation of probation. On the other hand, where the proscribed acts are not criminal, due process mandates that the defendant cannot be subject to a forfeiture of his [or her] liberty for those acts unless he [or she] is given prior fair warning.” United States v. Dane, 570 F.2d 840, 844 (9th Cir.1977), cert. denied, 436 U.S. 959 , 98 S.Ct. 3075 , 57 L.Ed.2d 1124 (1978). An inherent condition of any probation is that the probationer not commit further violations of the criminal law while on probation. “It is universally held that the commission of a felony violates a condition inherent in every probation order.” State v. Roberson, 165 Conn. 73, 77 , 327 A.2d 556 (1973). The general conditions of probation are presumed as an integral part of probation. State v. Wright, [ 24 Conn.App. 575, 577 , 590 A.2d 486 (1991)]. [[Image here]] Had the sentencing court merely placed the defendant on probation without saying anything further, the commission of a felony nevertheless would constitute a violation sufficient to authorize revocation of probation. State v. Hoffler, 55 Conn.App. 210, 216-17 , 738 A.2d 1145 , cert, denied, 251 Conn. 923 , 742 A.2d 360 (1999). The defendant was not ent”

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