8 Ohio App. 3d 179 - State v. Stover’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““(A) No person, by force, threat, or deception, or, in the case of a victim under the age of thirteen or mentally incompetent, by any means, shall remove another from the place where he is found or restrain him of his liberty, for any of the following purposes: « * * * “(B) No person, * * * shall knowingly do any of the following * * *: “(1) Remove another from the place where he is found; “(2) Restrain another of his liberty; “(3) Hold another in a condition of involuntary servitude. “(C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of kidnapping, an aggravated felony of the first degree. If the offender releases the victim in a safe place unharmed, kidnapping is an aggravated felony of the second degree.” (Emphasis added.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 74 Ohio App. 3d 728 - State v. Ricchetti

2. “The doctrine of 'inferior degrees' or 'included offenses' whereby an accused may be found not guilty of the offense charged but guilty of a lesser included offense, relates only to offenses of the same general character and not to distinct and independent offenses of different classes.”

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

3. ““(A) No person, without privilege to do so, shall knowingly restrain another of his liberty. “(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of unlawful restraint, a misdemeanor of the third degree.” (Emphasis added.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 74 Ohio App. 3d 728 - State v. Ricchetti