State v. Bowser’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

190 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 190 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'The evidence the court may consider is not confined to the evidence that strictly relates to the conviction offense because the court is no longer concerned, like it was during trial, with the narrow issue of guilt.'”

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

2. “[i]t is well established that a sentencing judge may take into account facts introduced at trial relating to other charges, even ones of which the defendant has been acquitted”

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

3. “it is well-established in Ohio law that the court may consider information beyond that strictly related to the conviction offense,”

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