State v. Thompson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

25 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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Id. Accordingly, the court did not abuse its discretion in limiting the defendant's closing argument. III Last, the defendant claims that the court gave the jury a faulty and misleading instruction on conspiracy, and seeks to have his conviction of conspiracy to commit murder reversed on that basis. Specifically, the defendant claims that the court”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 177 Conn. App. 211 - State v. Hall-Davis

2. “was so obviously erroneous that it affected the fairness or integrity of or public confidence in the judicial proceedings.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 177 Conn. App. 211 - State v. Hall-Davis

3. “this is one of those extraordinary situations where not granting the requested relief will result in manifest injustice.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 177 Conn. App. 211 - State v. Hall-Davis