177 Ohio App. 3d 560 - State v. Robinson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(A) No person, purposely by any means or knowingly by damaging or tampering with any property, shall do any of the following: {¶15} "(1) Interrupt or impair television, radio, telephone, telegraph, or other mass communications service; police, fire, or other public service communications; radar, loran, radio, or other electronic aids to air or marine navigation or communications; or amateur or citizens band radio communications being used for public service or emergency communications; {¶16} "(2) Interrupt or impair public transportation, including without limitation school bus transportation, or water supply, gas, power, or other utility service to the public; {¶17} "(3) Substantially impair the ability of law enforcement officers, firefighters, -5- rescue personnel, emergency medical services personnel, or emergency facility personnel to respond to an emergency or to protect and preserve any person or property from serious physical harm. {¶18} "(B) No person shall knowingly use any computer, computer system, computer network, telecommunications device, or other electronic device or system or the internet so as to disrupt, interrupt, or impair the functions of any police, fire, educational, commercial, or governmental operations. {¶19} "(C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of disrupting public services, a felony of the fourth degree.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Hill · State v. Tayse, 23978 (3-18-2009)

2. “that the general assembly intended the offense of disrupting public services to prohibit serious interference with public emergency systems and utilities, not destruction of a single, private telephone or cell phone.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Tayse, 23978 (3-18-2009)

3. “(2) Interrupt or impair public transportation, including without limitation school bus transportation, or water supply, gas, power, or other utility service to the public; {¶17}”

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