State v. Golphin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

93 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 93 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “connotes the imposition of a mandatory obligation.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re A.H. · Henley v. Henley, Unpublished Decision (5-25-2005)

2. “{¶ 34} “(B) After a complaint has been filed alleging that a child is a delinquent child for committing an act that would be an offense if committed by an adult, the court at a hearing shall transfer the case for criminal prosecution to the appropriate court having jurisdiction of the offense if the child was fourteen years of age or older at the time of the act charged, if there is probable cause to believe that the child committed the act charged, and if one or more of the following applies to the child or the act charged: {¶ 35} “* * * {¶ 36} “(4) The act charged is a category two offense, * * * the child was sixteen years of age or older at the time of the commission of the act charged, and either or both of the following apply to the child: {¶ 37} “* * * {¶ 38} “(b) The child is alleged to have had a firearm on or about the child’s person or under the child’s control while committing the act charged and to have displayed the firearm, brandished the firearm, indicated possession of the firearm, or used the firearm to facilitate the commission of the act charged.” R.C. 2151.26(B)(4)(b).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Graham

3. “1. Once a juvenile is bound over in any county in Ohio pursuant to R.C. 2151.26 and Juv.R. 30, that juvenile is bound over for all felonies committed in other counties of this state, as well as for future felonies he may commit. {¶ 30} "2. When a minor is transferred from the Juvenile Court to the Court of Common Pleas on a charge which would constitute a felony if committed by an adult, the grand jury is empowered to return any indictment under the facts submitted to it and is not confined to returning indictments only on charges originally filed in the Juvenile Court.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Goins, Unpublished Decision (3-21-2005)