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

1. ““At this point it should be made clear that officer Baker had no authority to arrest the defendant at the scene of the car accident on the night in question for a past misdemeanor not committed in his presence, Lyons v. Worley, 152 Okl. 57 , 4 P.2d 3 , and cases cited; Graham v. State, 31 Okl.Cr. 125 , 237 P. 462 ; Tit. 22 O.S. 1951 § 196, even though an arrest might have been made for drunkenness in a public place. But the fact that officer Baker apparently arrested the defendant on the charge of drunk driving rather than merely drunkenness does not brand as inadmissible the evidence obtained at the scene of the accident, for the simple reason that it was within the province of the duties of both the Edmond policeman and the State Highway patrolmen to investigate motor vehicle accidents in public places. Having a right to be where they were, any evidence discovered was admissible. Finley v. State, 91 Okl.Cr. 137 , 217 P.2d 189 .””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Puckett v. State · Walker v. State

2. ““Where police officers did not see accident but arrived at scene some minutes after accident, officers had no' right to arrest defendant without a warrant for misdemeanor offense of drunken driving since such offense was not committed in their presence; however, officers had right to arrest defendant for any other offense committed in their presence, such as drunkenness in a public place, and when that was the case the officers were properly permitted to testify in drunken driving prosecution that defendant did not talk plain and staggered to police automobile and had odor of alcohol about his person and that manual tests for intoxication given to defendant at police station indicated that defendant was under influence of intoxicating liquor.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Puckett v. State · Jackson v. State

3. ““Evidence discovered by an officer when he is in a place where he has a legal right to be is admissible to support a charge where such evidence would be involved.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Handley v. State · Daniels v. State