State v. Gwen’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

81 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 81 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “a certified copy of the entry of judgment in such prior conviction together with evidence sufficient to identify the defendant named in the entry as the offender in the case at bar.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Russell · State v. Booker

2. “[e]vidence was received that the defendant was convicted of domestic violence in the past. That evidence was received because prior convictions are an element of the offense. It was not received and you may not consider it to show the character of the defendant or to show that he acted in conformity with that character on November 1st and 2nd of 2011.”

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

3. “the state choses to offer judgment entries to prove the element of prior domestic violence convictions in order to increase the offense level of a later domestic- violence charge under R.C. 2919.25(D)(4), the judgments must comply with Crim.R. 32(C).”

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