State v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 680 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 681 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(A) Where the same conduct by defendant can be construed to constitute two or more allied offenses of similar import, the indictment or information may contain counts for all such offenses, but the defendant may be convicted of only one. (B) Where the defendant's conduct constitutes two or more offenses of dissimilar import, or where his conduct results in two or more offenses of the same or similar kind committed separately or with a separate animus as to each, the indictment or information may contain counts for all such offenses, and the defendant may be convicted of all of them.”

   19 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Volpe v. Trim · State v. Ferguson

2. “'Appellate courts apply the law to the facts of individual cases to make a legal determination as to whether R.C. 2941.25 allows multiple convictions. That facts are involved in the analysis does not make the issue a question of fact deserving of deference to a trial court.'”

   15 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Gibson · State v. Johnson

3. “[w]hen determining whether two offenses are allied offenses of similar import subject to merger under R.C. 2941.25, the conduct of the accused must be considered.”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Wright · State v. Cook