Wagers v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ ‘As a general rule, a verdict will not be set aside for reasons that would be sufficient to disqualify a juror on a challenge for cause, which existed before the juror was sworn, but which was unknown to the accused until after the verdict, unless it appears from the whole case that the accused suffered injustice from the fact that the juror served in the case.’ ””

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

2. ““It is the duty of the defendant to question the jurors on their voir dire as to their qualifications; and if he fails to do so, he waives any objections on' that point, even though the disqualification is unknown to him until after the rendition of the verdict. The granting of a new trial in such case is a matter of discretion.””

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

3. ““The Oklahoma statute provides, among other things, that citizens residing within the State are eligible to serve on a jury who have never been convicted of any infamous crime or served a term of imprisonment in any penitentiary in Oklahoma for the commission of a felony. 38 O.S.1951 § 28.””

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