State v. Cole’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
93 federal appellate · 639 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 796 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2026 · most notably State v. Calhoun (1999), State v. Smith (1985)
93 federal appellate · 639 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on State v. Perry · State v. Lytle · State v. Jackson · State v. Hester · 42 Ohio St. 2d 46 - State v. Milanovich
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 796 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“7. Constitutional issues cannot be considered in postconviction proceedings under Section 2953.21 et seq., Revised Code, where they have already been or could have been fully litigated by the prisoner while represented by counsel, either before his judgment of conviction or on direct appeal from that judgment, and thus have been adjudicated against him.... 9. Under the doctrine of res judicata, a final judgment of conviction bars a convicted defendant who was represented by counsel from raising and litigating in any proceeding except an appeal from that judgment, any defense or any claimed lack of due process that was raised or could have been raised by the defendant at the trial, which resulted in that judgment of conviction or on an appeal from that judgment.”
44 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Hoffner v. Bradshaw · Hand v. Houk“who was in no way enjoined from asserting the ineffectiveness of appellant's trial counsel,”
28 later decisions quote this exact passage“Before granting a hearing on a petition filed under division (A) of this section, the court shall determine whether there are substantive grounds for relief. In making such a determination, the court shall consider, in addition to the petition, the supporting affidavits, and the documentary evidence, all the files and records pertaining to the proceedings against the petitioner, including, but not limited to, the indictment, the court's journal entries, the journalized records of the clerk of the court, and the court reporter's transcript.”
16 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.