James v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the idea of `greater latitude' [has] existed in Oklahoma for many years prior to Myers ... Moreover, if you flip through the pages of our evidence code, you will see that sex-related crimes are treated differently and that greater latitude in this area is a common theme, one that our Legislature has repeatedly recognized.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2009 OK CR 7 - Horn v. State

2. “Evidence of other crimes, wrongs or acts is not admissible to prove the character of a person in order to show action in conformity therewith. It may, however, be admissible for other purposes, such as proof of motive, opportunity, intent, preparation, plan, knowledge, identity or absence of mistake or accident.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lowery v. State

3. “Unfortunately, sex crimes are crimes of propensity—a proclivity that rarely goes away.... Sexual crimes committed against women and children, therefore, present special evidentiary issues when a person charged with such crimes is bound over and brought to trial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2009 OK CR 7 - Horn v. State