9 Ohio App. 3d 302 - State v. Simms’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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

1. ““Now, further, ladies and gentlemen, an accomplice is one who purposely and knowingly assists and joins another person in the commission of a crime. “The testimony of a witness whom you find to be an accomplice should be considered together with all other facts and circumstances in evidence and by applying the general rules of credibility of witnesses which I have outlined to you earlier. You will determine if his testimony is worthy of belief and whether or not Mr. Curry was an accomplice and, therefore, the weight that you will give his testimony is a matter for your own determination. “The testimony of a witness whom you find to be an accomplice should be considered the same as any other witness’. However, no person * * * that is, the defendant, shall be found guilty of criminal charges only upon the testimony of an accomplice. “The testimony of an accomplice must be supported by other credibile [sic] or believable evidence.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 30 Ohio App. 3d 171 - State v. Ferguson