68 Okla. Crim. 381 - Goodwin v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Whether an explanation respecting possession of property recently stolen is reasonable or not, is ordinarily a question for the jury the same as any other question of fact.””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 44 Okla. Crim. 186 - Cox v. State · Davie v. State

2. ““As a general rule, evidence of other offenses, though of the same nature, is not admissible for the purpose of showing that the defendant is guilty of the particular offense charged. An exception to this rule arises where the other offense or offenses tend to identify the defendant with the offense charged; or where such evidence is for the purpose of showing that the offense charged was part of a system, plan or scheme, including other like offenses so related to each other, that evidence of one tends to establish the other.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 94 Okla. Crim. 416 - Sparks v. State

3. ““Under the statute, in felony cases, other than capital, permission to indorse the names of additional witnesses on an information before the trial is a matter within the discretion of the trial court, and unless an abuse of this discretion appears, prejudicial to the substantial rights of defendant, its ruling will not be reviewed.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 88 Okla. Crim. 15 - Rucker v. State