State v. Thompson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

55 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 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[a] parolee who fails to report to his parole officer after March 17, 1998, may be prosecuted for escape under R.C. 2921.34 , regardless of when his or her underlying offense was committed.”

   8 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Davis, Unpublished Decision (9-23-2004) · State v. Helton, Unpublished Decision (8-12-2004)

2. “(A)(1) No person, knowing the person is under detention or being reckless in that regard, shall purposely break or attempt to break the detention, or purposely fail to return to detention, either following temporary leave granted for a specific purpose or limited period, or at the time required when serving a sentence in intermittent confinement.”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Roche, 90089 (7-17-2008) · State v. Raines, Unpublished Decision (9-14-2004)

3. “supervision by an employee of the department of rehabilitation and correction of a person on any type of release * * * other than release on parole.”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Gavin, 90017 (5-1-2008) · State v. Hobson, 22842 (12-19-2008)