State v. Fox’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 256 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 268 later decisions — most recently March 2026 · most notably State v. Madrigal (2000), State v. Carter (1995)
6 federal appellate · 256 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 Smith v. Phillips · State v. Lott · Clemons v. Mississippi · State v. Maurer · State v. Mills
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 268 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“relatively successful adjustment to pretrial confinement ***.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Fox v. Coyle · State v. Fox“Nonetheless, the trial court could appropriately refer to the “manner in which [Fox] planned and executed the events” that led to the kidnapping and murder. Kidnapping was the specified statutory aggravating circumstance. Moreover, “[u]nder R.C. 2929.03(F), a ... three-judge panel may rely upon and cite the nature and circumstances of the offense as reasons supporting its finding that the aggravating circumstances were sufficient to outweigh the mitigating factors.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Fox v. Coyle · State v. Fox“Fox also argues the court of appeals erred in commenting that “Fox purposely used deception to lure two young women into his control.” We find no error even though Fox was not charged with any offense against Ritchey. The facts of the Ritchey incident were interwoven with the facts and circumstances of the Keckler kidnapping and murder. Moreover, the Ritchey offense was part of Fox’s social history and background and reflected upon his character.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Fox v. Coyle · State v. Fox
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.