State v. Rosario’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

27 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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Each person operating a motor vehicle who is knowingly involved in an accident which causes serious physical injury, as defined in section 53a-3, to or results in the death of any other person shall at once stop and render such assistance as may be needed and shall give his name, address and operator's license number and registration number to the person injured or to any officer or witness to the death or serious physical injury of any person, and if such operator of the motor vehicle causing the death or serious physical injury of any person is unable to give his name, address and operator's license number and registration number to the person injured or to any witness or officer, for any reason or cause, such operator shall immediately report such death or serious physical injury of any person to a police officer, a constable, a state police officer, or an inspector of motor vehicles or at the nearest police precinct or station, and shall state in such report the location and circumstances of the accident causing the death or serious physical injury of any person and his name, address, operator's license number and registration number.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 178 Conn. App. 179 - State v. Bialowas

2. “We recognize that a situation might arise in which the operator's emotional state and subsequent flight from the scene are grounded in facts that could excuse his failure to stop.... [When] confronted with danger to life or great bodily harm [i]t would be unjust and unreasonable to declare that ... [a defendant] was required to remain at the scene and go through the formality of complying with each and every requirement of the statute.... [The] [a]ccused's honest belief that he was in danger of bodily harm if he remained at the scene of the accident may justify his conduct in leaving without giving identification; but the alleged fear of [the] accused that he might have been assaulted if he had stopped to comply with the statute does not excuse his failure to comply, where there was not any attempt or threat to assault him or the display of any weapon with which an assault might have been committed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 178 Conn. App. 179 - State v. Bialowas

3. “§ 14-224 (a) allows an operator to report an accident at the nearest police station if he is unable to give the statutorily required information to the person injured or to any witness or officer, for any reason or cause ....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 178 Conn. App. 179 - State v. Bialowas