State v. Conde’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 48 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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Since under our law both principals and accessories are treated as principals ... if the evidence, taken in the light most favorable to sustaining the verdict, establishes that [the defendant] committed the [crime] charged or did some act which forms ... a part thereof, or directly or indirectly counseled or procured any persons to commit the offenses or do any act forming a part thereof, then the [conviction] must stand. “To justify a conviction as an accessory, the state must prove both that the defendant had the intent to aid the principal and that, in so aiding, he had the intent to commit the crime. . . . Mere presence as an inactive companion, passive acquiescence, or the doing of innocent acts which may in fact aid the [principal] must be distinguished from the criminal intent and community of unlawful purpose by one who knowingly and willingly assists the perpetrator of the offense in the acts which prepare for, facilitate, or consummate it.” (Citation omitted; internal quotation marks omitted.) State v. Conde, 67 Conn. App. 474, 484 , 787 A.2d 571 (2001), cert. denied, 259 Conn. 927 , 793 A.2d 251 (2002).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 135 Conn. App. 101 - State v. Gonzalez

2. “[o]ne may be an accessory even though he [was] not present”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 175 Conn. App. 409 - State v. Raynor