92 Conn. App. 271 - State v. Camacho’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

26 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In a criminal trial, it is relevant to show the conduct of an accused, as well as any statement made by him subsequent to the alleged criminal act, which may fairly be inferred to have been influenced by the criminal act.... The state of mind which is characterized as guilty consciousness or consciousness of guilt is strong evidence that the person is indeed guilty ... and, under proper safeguards ... is admissible evidence against an accused.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 166 Conn. App. 142 - State v. Leniart

2. “rebuttal witnesses could not give a consistent story,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 180 Conn. App. 181 - State v. Smith

3. “were not used to attack the defendant's alibi”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 180 Conn. App. 181 - State v. Smith