3 Ohio App. 2d 239 - State v. Scott’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

41 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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “`Identity may be established by direct evidence, but direct evidence of identification is not required; circumstantial evidence may be sufficient to establish the identity of accused as the person who committed the crime, * * *. The circumstances proved must, however, lead to but one fair and reasonable conclusion pointing to accused to the exclusion of all others as the guilty person and exclude every other reasonable hypothesis except that of accused's guilt. * * *.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Irby, Unpublished Decision (11-1-2004) · State v. Jones, Unpublished Decision (2-9-2007)

2. “judicially noticed fact must be one not subject to reasonable dispute in that it is either (1) generally known within the territorial jurisdiction of the trial court or (2) capable of accurate and ready determination by resort to sources whose accuracy cannot reasonably be questioned.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brackett v. Moler Raceway Park, L.L.C. · Cottrell v. Cottrell

3. “judge may inform himself as to the facts of geography, such as the navigable character of a river, the distance between two points, or the location of a given place within the jurisdiction by resort to * * * public documents, maps, etc.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Burkhalter, Unpublished Decision (3-31-2006) · State v. Bradford