State v. Ohlson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “to avoid being struck. 1 RP at 92. Officer Gray stated that L.F. and D.L. believed that Ohlson had tried to hit them with his vehicle. Ohlson objected to the admission of D.L.'s out-of-court statements; and the court admitted the statements as excited utterances. ¶ 8 Robert Klose, an eyewitness to the incident, also testified. Klose testified that he was standing on his deck across the street from L.F. and D.L. when Ohlson drove by them. He observed Ohlson drive up onto the sidewalk where L.F. and D.L. were standing, causing them to jump out of the way. Klose stated that Ohlson”

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

2. “[w]hile they were out there, a vehicle — I'm going to — I have the description. It was an orange Toyota — had gone by and flipped them off and, I quote, "called them f[____]ing niggers" and sped off. The vehicle then came back around and actually swerved up on to the curb trying to hit them. At least that's the way they felt. They had to literally jump out of the way so that they were not hit. This continued, they said, at least four times, where the car went back and forth in front of them, calling them racial names.”

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

3. “1 RP at 84. Ohlson further stated that at one point during the incident, his vehicle was five feet from D.L. ¶ 6 Ohlson was charged with one count of malicious harassment and two counts of second degree assault, and a jury trial commenced on June 30, 2004. D.L. did not testify. ¶ 7 Officer Gray testified that L.F. and D.L. told her that Ohlson had driven past them several times, yelling racial epithets. Ohlson then swerved”

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