136 Ohio App. 3d 430 - State v. Barnes’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “First, we look to the gravity of the offense and the harshness of the penalty. * * * Second, it may be helpful to compare the sentences imposed on other criminals in the same jurisdiction. If more serious crimes are subject to the same penalty, or to less serious penalties, that is some indication that the punishment at issue may be excessive. * * * Third, courts may find it useful to compare the sentences imposed for commission of the same crime in other jurisdictions.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Myers, 21612 (5-25-2007)

2. “As to the harshness of the penalty incurred by appellant for having failed to report to his parole officer on four occasions over a two-week period, we note that the trial court imposed the minimum sentence available. Obviously, the trial court took into consideration the facts of the offense and proportionately tailored the penalty to the degree of the crime.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Myers, 21612 (5-25-2007)

3. “No person, knowing the person is under detention or being reckless in that regard, shall purposely break or attempt to break the detention, or purposefully 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.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Myers, 21612 (5-25-2007)