State v. Chapman’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

99 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 99 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Whoever violates this section is guilty of complicity in the commission of an offense, and shall be prosecuted and punished as if he were a principal offender.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Karlen · State v. Meyers, Unpublished Decision (11-17-2006)

2. “[a]n individual indicted for and convicted of R.C. 2911.01 , aggravated robbery, and R.C. 2941.141 , a firearm specification, is subject to a mandatory three-year term of actual incarceration * * * regardless of whether he was the principal offender or an unarmed accomplice”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Norwood, Unpublished Decision (2-10-2004) · State v. Brown, Unpublished Decision (6-10-2004)

3. “Imposition of a three-year mandatory prison term upon an offender under division (D)(1)(a) of section 2929.14 of the Revised Code is precluded unless the indictment, count in the indictment, or information charging the offense specifies *Page 10 that the offender had a firearm on or about the offender's person or under the offender's control while committing the offense and displayed the firearm, brandished the firearm, indicated that the offender possessed the firearm, or used it to facilitate the offense.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Kimble, 06 Ma 190 (3-17-2008) · State v. Hayes, Unpublished Decision (3-30-2005)