627 F. Supp. 2d 810 - Hill v. Sheets’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Ranee involved the branch of the Double Jeopardy Clause that protects against multiple punishments for the same offense in relation to Ohio’s “allied offenses” statute, Ohio Rev.Code § 2941.25. The defendant in Ranee argued that the imposition of cumulative punishments in a single trial for two separate offenses that the defendant claimed constituted the same offense violated the Double Jeopardy Clause. The Supreme Court of Ohio addressed the specific issue of whether “R.C. 2941.25(A) and the constitutional protections against double jeopardy prohibit trial courts from imposing separate sentences for both involuntary manslaughter and aggravated robbery.” 85 Ohio St.3d at 634, 710 N.E.2d at 702 . The Ohio Supreme Court recognized that “the double jeopardy protections afforded by the federal and state Constitutions guard citizens against ... cumulative punishments for the ‘same offense.’ ” Rance, 85 Ohio St.3d at 634 , 710 N.E.2d at 702 . The Ohio Supreme Court noted that “the Fifth Amendment’s Double Jeopardy Clause (made applicable to the states by the Fourteenth Amendment) and Ohio’s counterpart are sufficiently similar to warrant consultation of federal jurisprudence when analyzing Ohio’s proscription against placing persons ‘twice ... in jeopardy for the same offense.’ ” Id. The Ranee Court went on to analyze United States Supreme Court precedent on double jeopardy, including the decision in Blockburger v. United States, 284 U.S. 299 [ 52 S.Ct. 180 , 76 L.Ed. 306 ] (1932) ”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Spence v. Sheets