Frye v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

34 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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A conviction cannot be had upon the testimony of an accomplice unless he be corroborated by such other evidence as tends to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense, and the corroboration is not sufficient if it merely shows the commission of the offense or the circumstances thereof.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cox v. State · Jones v. State

2. “To be an accomplice, the actions of the witness must make him a principal pursuant to 21 O.S.1971, § 172. It is well established that if under all the facts of the case the witness could be indicted for the offense with which the defendant stands accused, the witness is an accomplice.”

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

3. “The evidence relied upon for corroboration of the testimony of an accomplice must tend to connect the defendant with the commission of the crime independently and without the aid of the testimony of the accomplice.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 397 So. 2d 577 - McCoy v. State