State v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

222 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 224 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““If scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge will assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue, a witness qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education, may testify thereto in a form of an opinion or otherwise.””

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Ohio App. 3d 400 - State v. Powers · 62 Ohio App. 3d 582 - Ferritto v. Olde Co., Inc.

2. “{¶ 28} “The Ohio Rules of Evidence establish adequate preconditions for admissibility of expert testimony, such as spectrographie voice analysis. It is within the sound discretion of the state’s judiciary, on a case by case basis,- to decide whether such testimony is relevant and will assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue.””

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 63 Ohio App. 3d 501 - State v. Thomas · 84 Ohio App. 3d 111 - State v. Tinch

3. “All relevant evidence is admissible, except as otherwise provided by the Constitution of the United States, by the Constitution of the State of Ohio, by statute enacted by the General Assembly not in conflict with a rule of the Supreme Court of Ohio, by these rules, or by other rules prescribed by the Supreme Court of Ohio. Evidence which is not relevant is not admissible.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Lee · State v. Pierce