# Romano v. State

> Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · December 19, 1995 · 66 O.B.A.J. 4015

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9583552

## Case

- **Full name:** John Joseph ROMANO, Appellant, v. STATE of Oklahoma, Appellee
- **Court:** Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
- **Decided:** December 19, 1995
- **Citations:** 66 O.B.A.J. 4015; 909 P.2d 92; 1995 OK CR 74; 1995 Okla. Crim. App. LEXIS 81; 1995 WL 752153
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Lane
- **Judges:** Strubhar, Johnson, Chapel, Lane, Lumpkin
- **Cited by:** 104 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

LANE, Judge,
concurring in result.
I do not believe that the majority’s characterization of Appellant’s nod of the head as an adoptive admission is either' correct or necessary. The majority finds that the nod was a non verbal action. However, if you accept the definition of the word “verbal” as being “of, relating to, or associated with *128 words” 1 then a nod of the head becomes a verbal action since it is accepted in our society as an action conveying agreement or the same meaning as the word “yes”. Therefore, Appellant gave a positive response to the question asked, and it is up to the jury to determine the meaning of the answer.
. Webster’s II New Riverside Dictionary, Riverside Press, 1984, p. 1281.

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