2 Ohio App. 3d 105 - State v. Steele’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures cannot be vicariously asserted. In order to challenge a search or seizure on Fourth Amendment grounds, a defendant must possess a legitimate expectation of privacy in the area searched, and the burden is upon the defendant to prove facts sufficient to establish such an expectation. [Citations omitted.] <( * * * “ * * * The mere assertion of a proprietary interest in the premises searched, standing alone, is insufficient to prove the fact of appellant’s ownership. Appellant cannot simply assert such an interest and then fail to produce any evidence in support thereof, where the burden of proof is placed upon appellant.” (Emphasis added.) State v. Steele (1981), 2 Ohio App.3d 105, 107, 109 , 2 OBR 118, 122, 440 N.E.2d 1353 , 1356; State v. Chandler (Mar. 5, 1992), Cuyahoga App. No. 59764, unreported, 1992 WL 41856 .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Babineau · 80 Ohio App. 3d 277 - State v. Davis