96 Okla. Crim. 294 - Johnson 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. ““(c) Every person who is convicted of a violation of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor for the first offense and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of time not less than ten days nor more than one year, and a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). Any person found guilty of a second or subsequent offense under the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a period of time not less than one year and not to exceed five years, and a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1000.00).””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Broome v. State · Vincent v. State

2. ““Where, in a prosecution for a second offense * * * record evidence of a former conviction is offered of one of the same name as that of the defendant on trial, the same will be considered as strong circumstantial evidence that the person named in the former conviction and the defendant on trial are one and the same person; and where no contradictory evidence is in- • froduced, the same will be held to be sufficient to show a prior conviction.””

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

3. ““In prosecution, under drunken driving statute, of an alleged second offender, the pleading of sufficient historical facts upon which the charge of a prior conviction is predicated constitutes an essential element of the charge, which is necessary to establish jurisdiction in the District Court for trial of the alleged second offense.” (emphasis ours)”

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