McGrew v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ ‘It is error in the trial of a criminal case for the court to admit testimony as to declarations between an officer who had accused under arrest and the state’s witnesses, or other persons, in the presence of the accused, tending to connect him with the offense charged, and that the accused remained silent as to such conversation; and, when a conviction results with such testimony before the jury, a new trial should be granted.’ “This court has consistently adhered to that decision in many other cases. Ellis v. State, 8 Okl.Cr. 522 , 128 P. 1095 , 43 L.R.A.,N.S., 811; Towery v. State, 13 Okl.Cr. 216 , 163 P. 331 , L.R.A. 1917D, 491 ; Ellington v. State, 24 Okl.Cr. 67 , 215 P. 964 ; Patton v. State, 29 Okl.Cr. 66 , 232 P. 454 ; Roy v. State, 77 Okl.Cr. 405 , 142 P.2d 139 ; Walker v. State, 80 Okl.Cr. 21 , 156 P.2d 143 ; Crabb v. State, 86 Okl.Cr. 323 , 192 P.2d 1018 .””

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