State v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[i]f an identification of a defendant is done spontaneously and is not arranged by the police, the identification is not tainted by state action and due process rights are not violated”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 180 Conn. App. 291 - State v. Walker · 2002 Conn. Super. Ct. 12990 - State v. Howard, No. Cr6-487769 (Oct. 18, 2002)

2. “that the victim did not identify him until the police brought the defendant to the police car that the victim was seated in and produced the victim's wallet from the defendant's pocket. The defendant [contended] that this was an unnecessarily suggestive one-on-one show-up and pat-down.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2002 Conn. Super. Ct. 12990 - State v. Howard, No. Cr6-487769 (Oct. 18, 2002)

3. “[I]t is well established that conduct that may fairly be characterized as state action is a necessary predicate to a challenge under the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment to the United States constitution.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2002 Conn. Super. Ct. 12990 - State v. Howard, No. Cr6-487769 (Oct. 18, 2002)