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112 Ohio App. 3d 521 - State v. Hopfer’s Empirical Analysis

1996

Citation profile

544

cited by 544 later decisions

states following

March 2026

most recently cited

542 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 544 later decisions — most recently March 2026 · most notably State v. Fears (1999), 126 Ohio App. 3d 95 - State v. Lloyd (1998)

542 state decisions

Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.

Relationships

Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · State v. Jenks · Simmons v. United States · Berkemer v. McCarty · Colorado v. Connelly

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

“the trial court assumes the role of trier of facts and is in the best position to resolve questions of fact and evaluate the credibility of witnesses.”
50 later decisions quote this exact passage
e.g. State v. Mitchell, Unpublished Decision (10-22-2003) · State v. Straight, Unpublished Decision (12-23-2005)
“The only notable exception to this principle is where the inference between the facts proven and the facts sought to be proven is so attenuated that no reasonable mind could find proof beyond a reasonable doubt.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage
e.g. State v. Collins, Unpublished Decision (2-28-2005) · State v. Shrider, 07 Ca 111 (7-14-2008)
“The determination whether a custodial interrogation has occurred requires an inquiry into `how a reasonable man in the suspect's position would have understood his situation.' *** [T]he ultimate inquiry is simply whether there is a `formal arrest or restraint on freedom of movement' of the degree associated with a formal arrest.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage
e.g. State v. McDougald, Unpublished Decision (8-27-2004) · State v. Wilson, 22665 (3-20-2009)

How this case has been treated — in progress

Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.