Humphrey v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"`I could have put the Defendant on today, and he got up there [sic] and Mr. McKinney would go into a tirade of the fourteen months that he has spent in the penitentiary back in 1964 for the illegal sale of a stimulant, this charge that he is talking about. "`That is not necessary, it is in the Information. And, we all know about it. What good would it do for Granville to get up there and say, "Well, I didn't know and I didn't do it." "`He has already said that the day when he pleaded not guilty. And he has got a former conviction, we know that and I stipulated to it.'" (at page 175)”

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

2. “"`He said that all he could have done was to say I don't know and I didn't do it, but on the other hand, we would have let you know about a five page rap sheet of what this Defendant has done since 1950 and as far as his criminal record is concerned. [Emphasis ours] "`It would have let you know that he has been convicted of burglary, that he has been convicted of illegal possession of stimulants before and in addition to that one right here that he is charged with. It would have let you know all about his police record ... [Emphasis ours]'" (at page 175)”

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

3. ““. . . [T]o refer to a five page rap sheet (which is not the proper way to prove former convictions), was highly improper and prejudicial.” 452 P.2d at 175 .”

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