Overton v. Ohio’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 15 later decisions — most recently December 2023
3 federal appellate · 10 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Illinois v. Gates · Wong Sun v. United States · Aguilar v. Texas · Whiteley v. Warden, Wyoming State Penitentiary · Giordenello v. United States
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“27. Each of the Criminal Complaints ... contain[s] the same boilerplate language, consists of merely bare bones allegations and conclusory language. The form language used in the criminal complaint states: Before me the undersigned Clerk/Magistrate of the District Court, personally appeared _or_who being duly sworn deposes and says that he/ she has probable cause for believing, that within twelve months before making this affidavit, to wit: on or about_did negotiate or deliver a worthless negotiable instrument, to wit: _:_ in the amount of _ check no. _payable to_for value or thing of value, to wit: _with the intent, knowledge or expectation that such negotiable instrument would not be honored by the Drawee, to wit: _in violation of 13A-9-13.1 of the Code of Alabama. The criminal complaints themselves do not indicate whether the magistrate based their finding of probable cause on the testimony or deposition of the actual “victim” of the offense, or whether the finding was based solely on the representations made by the District Attorney signing as “complainant.” Further, the warrant affidavits/criminal complaints do not contain an affirmative allegation that the affiant spoke with personal knowledge of the matter. Additionally the warrant affidavits/criminal complaints do not indicate any source for the complainant’s belief that probable cause exists. The warrant affidavits/criminal complaints do not set forth a sufficient basis upon which a finding of probable cause could be”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.