Dalton v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““An inmate of the state reformatory at Granite, in Greer County, Oklahoma, who escapes while he is a trusty, is properly charged with escape in the district court of Greer County, since he was still constructively an inmate of the reformatory in such county even though he was temporarily out of the reformatory as a - trusty working in such county or in any other county when he made his escape. Title 21, O.S.A. § 443.””

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

2. ““ * * * even though he [defendant] was temporarily out of the penitentiary as a trusty working in Pittsburg County, or any other county, he was still constructively an inmate of the State Penitentiary at McAlester in Pittsburg County, and any escape while thus an inmate should be prosecuted in Pittsburg County.” (Emphasis added.)”

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