State v. Nelson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

38 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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[C]redibility is a matter for the trier of fact to determine. In a [proceeding] tried before a court, the trial judge is the sole arbiter of the credibility of the witnesses and the weight to be given specific testimony . . . Where there is conflicting evidence . . . we do not retry the facts or pass on the credibility of the witnesses. . . . The probative force of conflicting evidence is for the trier to determine.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2002 Conn. Super. Ct. 11359 - Chila v. Stuart, No. Cv 99 0170228 (Sep. 6, 2002) · 2002 Conn. Super. Ct. 16511 - Wright v. the Rugged Bear, Inc., No. Cv01 0184328 (Dec. 20, 2002)

2. “must satisfy two requirements.... First, he must prove that the assistance was not within the range of competence displayed by lawyers with ordinary training and skill in criminal law.... Second, there must exist such an interrelationship between the ineffective assistance of counsel and the guilty plea that it can be said that the plea was not voluntary and intelligent because of the ineffective assistance.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 165 Conn. App. 185 - State v. Warner