Brown 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. ““Every prisoner confined in any other than the penitentiary, who by force or fraud escapes therefrom, is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding two years, or in a county jail not exceeding one year, to commence from the expiration of the original term of his imprisonment.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Franks v. Anderson · Wallace v. State

2. ““If any person who may be imprisoned pursuant to a sentence of imprisonment in the county jail, or any person who shall be committed for the purpose of detaining him, for trial, for any offense not capital, shall break prison and escape, he shall be punished by confinement in the county jail not exceeding one (1) year, or by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both.” (emphasis added)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Franks v. Anderson

3. ““Therefore the sole question to be resolved in this appeal is: Was defendant confined in the county jail pursuant to a sentence of imprisonment in the county jail, or for the purpose of being detained for trial ? If he was being held for either purpose, then the provisions of Title 57, of the Oklahoma Statutes, would be applicable.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Franks v. Anderson