94 Okla. Crim. 80 - Sandy v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. ““I, the undersigned county attorney of said county * * *, give information that on or about the 20th day of December, A. D. 1955, in said county of Kay and State of Oklahoma, one Merle Place, * * * did then and there unlawfully and feloniously attempt to commit the crime of second degree burglary: “That is to say, the said defendants, in the county and state aforesaid, and on the day and year aforesaid, then and there being, did then and there wilfully, unlawfully, wrongfully and feloniously attempt to break and enter into a one story brick building located at 200 North 1st Street, Ponca City, Kay County, Oklahoma, which said building was then and there under the control of and in the possession of Morris Adams, and in which said building there was then and there kept certain personal property, to-wit: Groceries, Cigarettes, monies and other items usually kept in a food market, by attempted forcible entry through a north window of said building \by the cutting away and removal of the screen from said window and attempting to cut out glass window panes of said windozu] with the unlawful, wrongful and felonious intent then and there on the part of the said defendants to take, steal and carry away by stealth and fraud, and without the knowledge or consent of the said Morris Adams, part or all of the merchandise therein contained, the personal property of Morris Adams, [and the said Merle Place would have completed his entrance into said building if he had not been frightened awa”

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

2. ““Where the evidence is conflicting, the weight of the evidence and the credibility of the witnesses is for the jury, and Criminal Court of Appeals will not substitute its judgment for that of the jury where there is evidence reasonably tending to support the conclusions reached by the jury.””

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