66 Ohio App. 2d 41 - State v. Howze’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 4 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “It is obvious that one may commit a purposeful act not knowing it to be wrong, or commit such a purposeful act, even though the actor knows the act to be wrong, but lacks the ability to refrain from doing it.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Howze v. Marshall · Wood v. Rc Marshall

2. “the burden complained of by defendant is not one directed to an essential element of the crime charged but, rather, to the question of defendant's criminal volition--to his actions as a 'free agent' under the law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Howze v. Marshall

3. ““The burden of going forward with the evidence of an affirmative defense, and the burden of proof, by a preponderance of the evidence, for an affirmative defense, is upon the accused.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 8 Ohio App. 3d 12 - State v. Morris