152 Ohio St. 3d 528 - State v. Gordon’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

68 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 68 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'The law favors joining multiple criminal offenses in a single trial.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Parham · State v. Truss

2. “must affirmatively demonstrate (1) that his rights were prejudiced, (2) that at the time of the motion to sever he provided the trial court with sufficient information so that it could weigh the considerations favoring joinder against [his] right to a fair trial, and (3) that given the information provided to the court, it abused its discretion in refusing to separate the charges for trial.”

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

3. “neither sought severance pursuant to Crim.R. 14 nor objected to the joinder, [the appellate court does] not review the trial court's decision for an abuse of discretion; instead, * * * on appeal [the appellate court applies] a plain-error standard of review to the trial court's decision regarding joinder.”

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