Bowen 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. “[I]n all cases when an appeal from a felony conviction has not been perfected in this Court within six (6) months of the rendition of judgment and sentence in the manner provided by law, said judgment and sentence may be used to enhance punishment in a subsequent trial under 21 O.S.1971, § 51; notwithstanding the right to collaterally challenge the conviction under the Post-Conviction Procedure Act, 22 O.S.1971, §§ 1080, et seq.”

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

2. “Where the same act or transaction constitutes a violation of two distinct statutory provisions, the test to be applied to determine whether there are two offenses or only one, is whether each provision requires proof of an additional fact which the other does not ...”

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

3. “Applying this test [Blockburger] to the instant case, we can arrive at no other conclusion except to find that escape and larceny of an automobile are not the same offenses. supra at 69.”

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