State v. Ashe’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

32 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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Although the evidence did not clearly demonstrate which of the perpetrators actually fired the shot that fatally injured [the victim], the evidence did establish that the defendant and his companions together prepared and readied themselves for the ambush ... [and] fir[ed] repeatedly into the vehicle with the intent to kill one or more of the passengers.... [Thus, the evidence] show[ed] sufficient concert of action between the defendant and his companion[s] to support ... the accessory allegation ....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 179 Conn. App. 285 - Gamble v. Commissioner of Correction

2. “[A] showing of concert of action between a defendant and [others] can provide a sufficient basis for accessorial liability.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 179 Conn. App. 285 - Gamble v. Commissioner of Correction