Acuff v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. ““ * * * [TJhat the doubt justifying the impaneling of a separate jury to try the issue of the defendant’s present sanity, under the statute, must arise in the mind of the court from the facts and circumstances, which facts and circumstances should be of a substantial character.” (Emphasis added)”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wadkins v. State · Russell v. State

2. ““When an indictment or information is called for trial, or upon conviction the defendant is brought up for judgment, if a doubt arise as to the sanity of the defendant, the court must order a jury to be impaneled from the jurors summoned and returned for the term, or who may be summoned by direction of the court, to inquire into the fact.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Johnson v. State · Russell v. State

3. ““The idea that the above statutory provisions [38 O.S., §§ 33 & 18] violate the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States is rejected.” 283 P.2d at 865 .”

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