State v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

42 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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “To sustain a conviction for a violation of a protection order pursuant to R.C. 2919.27(A)(2), the state must establish, beyond a No. 17AP-873 4 reasonable doubt, that it served the defendant with the order before the alleged violation.”

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

2. “[n]o person shall recklessly violate the terms of * * * [a] protection order issued * * * pursuant to section * * .31 of the Revised Code[.]”

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

3. “the [S]tate must establish beyond a reasonable doubt that it served the defendant with the [protection] order before the alleged violation.”

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