97 Ohio App. 3d 438 - State v. Collins’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

37 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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “own testimony did not support and completely undermined any claim that his actions were in fact incited by serious provocation,”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Madden, Unpublished Decision (8-15-2006) · State v. Glass, Unpublished Decision (11-4-2004)

2. “repeatedly testified he tried to avoid any fight with the victim and acted solely in self-defense 'because all I was trying to do was protect myself' "). (Emphasis sic.) {¶ 71} In light of the testimony presented, while the evidence, as found by the trial court, supported an instruction on self-defense, we find no error by the court in failing to instruct on voluntary manslaughter. See Stevenson at ¶ 25 (trial court did not err in denying request to instruct on voluntary manslaughter where appellant testified he shot victim because he "feared for his life”

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

3. “Reputation or opinion. In all cases in which evidence of character or a trait of character of a person is admissible, proof may be made by testimony as to reputation or by testimony in the form of an opinion. On cross-examination, inquiry is allowable into relevant specific instances of conduct.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Ogletree, Unpublished Decision (11-24-2004)