Fischer v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 7 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Accordingly, a foreign conviction may be employed under the Oklahoma subsequent offender statute if the foreign conviction is an offense ‘which, if committed within this State would be punishable by the laws of this State by imprisonment in the penitentiary.’ It is the characterization under Oklahoma law which is determinable as to whether or not the foreign offense would be a pentitentiary offense in Oklahoma. * * * « * ⅜ * “It is apparent that Oklahoma does not make interstate transportation of a forged check a criminal offense. Thus, defendant’s convictions in federal court did not state an offense ‘punishable by the laws of this state by imprisonment in the penitentiary.’ Accordingly, defendant’s objection to the admission of the federal convictions was improperly overruled.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gouge v. State · Goodwin v. State

2. ““Every person who has been convicted in any other State, government or country of an offense which, if committed within this State, would be punishable by the laws of this State by imprisonment in the penitentiary, is punishable for any subsequent crime committed within this State, in the manner prescribed . . ., and to the same extent as if such first conviction had taken place in a court of this State.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Richardson v. Evans · Lee v. State