State v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
4
states following
May 1991
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on City of Mentor v. Giordano · 1 Ohio App. 2d 346 - State v. Hatfield
Most-quoted passages
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“[O]n at least three occasions the Ohio Legislature has acted on statutes dealing with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. As will be noted, the 1936 statute made no mention of ‘being in physical control.’ The 1941 statute added the words, ‘being in actual physical control,’ thus broadening the coverage of the statute to include persons found sitting behind the wheel of a stationary automobile, ...”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Reddie v. State · Reddie v. State
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