Wilson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The use of the term ‘probable cause’ or ‘reasonable cause’ itself imports that there may not be absolute, irrefutable cause. If the facts are such that a reasonable, prudent man would have believed accused guilty, and would have acted upon that belief, a police officer is justified in making an arrest without warrant . . . [based upon] reasonable grounds . . . ” Wafers v. State, Okl.Cr., 444 P.2d 825 (1968); Wilson v. State, Okl.Cr., 458 P.2d 315 (1969).”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mahan v. State · Simmons v. State

2. ““A claim of misconduct of a juror before a criminal case is submitted to a jury is not to be determined by inference or on the basis of speculation, but must be established by clear and convincing proof.””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wofford v. State · Wilson v. State

3. ““A peace officer may, without a warrant, arrest a person: * * ‡ * * * “3. When a felony has in fact been committed, and he has reasonable cause for believing the person arrested to have committed it.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Satterlee v. State · Sutton v. State