47 Ohio App. 2d 8 - State v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"If a court erroneously charges on a lesser included offense when not warranted by the evidence the jury may reach a compromise verdict. This is not fair to the defendant. If a defendant is not guilty of the crime charged, his liberty should not be dickered away by a compromised verdict upon another crime which is supported by no evidence. State v. Loudermill, [ 8 Ohio St.2d 79 , 206 N.E.2d 198 (1965)]; see also Bandy v. State (1921), 102 Ohio St. 384 , 131 N.E. 499 ."”

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

2. “"* * * [T]he doctrine of ‘inferior degrees’ or ‘included offenses,’ whereby a defendant may be found not guilty of the offense charged but guilty of a lesser included offense, relates only to offenses of the same general character and not to distinct and independent offenses of different classes.” (Emphasis added.) (Citation omitted.) State v. Kuchmak (1953), 159 Ohio St. 363 , 368 [ 50 O.O. 327 ].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 8 Ohio App. 3d 179 - State v. Stover

3. ““An offense is a lesser included offense, where all the elements of such offense are present with others in the offense charged in an indictment.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 8 Ohio App. 3d 179 - State v. Stover