Johnson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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

1. ““Proof of venue in criminal cases is jurisdictional, and the failure to make such proof may be objected to for the first time in the Supreme Court. [Citing authorities.] “Section 3403 of the Code of 1930 provides that: ‘A judgment in a criminal case shall not be reversed . . . because of any error or omission in the case in the court below, except where the errors or omissions are jurisdictional in their character, unless the record show that the errors complained of were made ground of special exception in that court. ’ Since the error here complained of is jurisdictional in its character, the conviction can not be sustained on appeal under the provisions of this statute. ’ ’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Kitchens v. State