171 Ohio App. 3d 375 - State v. Cherry’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

70 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 70 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A sufficiency-of-the-evidence argument challenges whether the state has presented adequate evidence on each element of the offense to allow the case to go to the jury or to sustain the verdict as a matter of law.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Mpanurwa · State v. Turner, 22777 (12-24-2008)

2. “Constructive possession exists when an individual exercises dominion and control over an object, even though that object may not be within his immediate physical possession.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Whitaker, 07ca3168 (8-11-2008) · State v. Mobley, 22427 (9-12-2008)

3. “in the absence of an arrest warrant, the broadest reach of the statute consistent with a strict construction in favor of the accused is that the alleged fugitive from justice must: (1) have incurred guilt— i.e., be guilty of having committed some offense; (2) be aware that he is being sought by police in connection with that offense; and (3) being aware that he is being sought by police, take some affirmative action to elude detection by police.”

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