130 Ohio App. 3d 551 - State v. Ward’s Empirical Analysis

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100 state decisions

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

1. “(j) Any additional behavioral characteristics that contribute to the offender's * * * conduct.”

   11 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Brown, Unpublished Decision (5-12-2005) · 142 Ohio App. 3d 179 - State v. Kelly

2. ““Contrary to the assertions contained in the appellant’s brief filed with this court, the appellant’s sexual conduct, the extreme cruelty which he displayed and his lack of remorse are evidence, per R.C. 2950.09(B)(2), that the appellant is likely to re-offend in the future. The appellant asserts that a determination as to whether an offender is likely to re-offend should be made independent of the factors listed by the legislature in R.C. 2950.09(B)(2)(a)-(j), and states that additional evidence, beyond the statutory factors, must be presented to support a sexual predator classification. We do not believe that such a requirement can be found in the statute. The legislature clearly believed that sexual conduct of a violent and bizarre nature on the part of an offender, the exhibition of extreme cruelty in the commission of a sexual offense and a documented pattern of abuse and other aberrant behavioral characteristics correlated with an increased likelihood that an offender will engage in the future in one or more sexually related offenses. These characteristics are evidence of an increased likelihood of recidivism. Thus, we reject the appellant’s contention that there is a ‘lack of evidence’ that the appellant is likely to re-offend.””

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Knopp, Unpublished Decision (6-30-2005) · State v. Cole, Unpublished Decision (12-24-2003)

3. “The evidence is insufficient, as a matter of law, to prove `by clear and convincing evidence' that appellant `is likely to engage in the future in one or more sexually oriented offenses.'”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Brown, Unpublished Decision (5-12-2005) · State v. Shields, Unpublished Decision (3-30-2006)