Mitchell 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. ““Where evidence is admitted against the defendant which is competent under any of the recognized exceptions to the general rule, but which tends to prove defendant guilty of another crime than that charged, the instructions must limit and restrict the evidence, and leave the jury liberty to consider it only for the particular purpose for which it is admitted.””

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

2. ““Although no definite time between time of arraignment and time of trial is fixed by law, ordinarily, felony cases should not be assigned for trial in less than 10 days after plea is entered.” At page 816. See also: Reynolds v. State, 60 Okl.Cr. 92 , 61 P.2d 269 (1936).”

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

3. ““In absence of any instruction covering evidence of other offenses in the case at bar, we are of the opinion such evidence was incompetent, and for the jury to consider them without limitation was error sufficient to cause reversal.””

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