State v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 federal appellate · 333 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 340 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “relevant inquiry is whether, after viewing the evidence in a light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime proven beyond a reasonable doubt.”

   16 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. O'keefe, Unpublished Decision (9-30-2004) · State v. Winland, Unpublished Decision (1-6-2006)

2. ““This court has had occasion to explain the meaning of the word ‘while’ with respect to R.C. 2903.01(B), stating: “ ‘ “The term ‘while’ does not indicate * * * that the killing must occur at the same instant as the [underlying felony], or that the killing must have been caused by [it], but, rather, indicates that the killing must be directly associated with the [underlying felony] as part of one continuous occurrence * * *.” * * * ’ State v. Cooey (1989), 46 Ohio St.3d 20, 23 , 544 N.E.2d 895, 903 , quoting State v. Cooper (1977), 52 Ohio St.2d 163, 179-180 , 6 O.O.3d 377, 386 , 370 N.E.2d 725, 736 .” Williams, 74 Ohio St.3d at 577 , 660 N.E.2d at 733 .”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Metheny v. State · State v. Biros

3. ““Under both R.C. § 2903.01(B) and R.C. § 2929.04(A)(7), the evidence need not establish that an offender formed an intent to commit an aggravated robbery at or prior to the time he committed an aggravated murder in order to support a conviction so long as the aggravated robbery was committed ‘while’ the offender was committing aggravated murder.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Biros