84 Conn. App. 245 - State v. Rivera’s Empirical Analysis

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14 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]o convict the defendant of risk of injury to a child under § 53-21 [a](2), the state must prove that (1) the defendant had contact with the intimate parts of, or subjected to contact with his intimate parts, (2) a child under the age of sixteen years, (3) in a sexually and indecent manner likely to impair the health or morals of such child.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 174 Conn. App. 172 - State v. Smith

2. “[r]isk of injury to a child requires proof that the contact was made in a sexual and indecent manner likely to impair the health or morals of the child, while sexual assault in the second degree does not. Sexual assault in the second degree requires proof of sexual intercourse, while risk of injury to a child does not.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 174 Conn. App. 172 - State v. Smith

3. “(1) a person engages in sexual intercourse, 14 (2) with another person who is thirteen years of age or older but under sixteen years of age, and (3) the actor is more than two years older than such person.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 174 Conn. App. 172 - State v. Smith