53 Ohio App. 2d 171 - State v. Bumphus’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A person acts knowingly, regardless of his purpose, when he is aware that his conduct will probably cause a certain result or will probably be of a certain nature. A person has knowledge of circumstances when he is aware that such circumstances probably exist.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Hill, Unpublished Decision (3-10-2006) · State v. Higgins, Unpublished Decision (10-13-2006)

2. “in R.C. 2913.02 , the degree of culpability is * * * knowingly.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Hill, Unpublished Decision (3-10-2006) · State v. Higgins, Unpublished Decision (10-13-2006)

3. ““(B) When the section defining an offense does not specify any degree of culpability, and plainly indicates a purpose to impose strict criminal liability for the conduct described in such section, then culpability is not required for a person to be guilty of the offense. When the section neither specifies culpability nor plainly indicates a purpose to impose strict liability, recklessness is sufficient culpability to commit the offense.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 10 Ohio App. 3d 207 - State v. Crawford