97 Ohio App. 3d 576 - State v. Bell’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. “[i]t is well settled that a motion for judgment of acquittal should be granted only where reasonable minds could not fail to find reasonable doubt. State v. Bridgeman (1978), 55 Ohio St.2d 261 , 264 * * *. A court cannot enter a judgment of acquittal where the evidence is such that reasonable minds can reach different conclusions as to whether each material element of the [offense] has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt. State v. Apanovitch (1987), 33 Ohio St.3d 19 , 23 .”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Village of Grand River v. Dominish, Unpublished Decision (10-22-2004) · State v. Jackson, Unpublished Decision (10-31-2003)

2. “A falsification is material, regardless of its admissibility in evidence, if it can affect the course or outcome of the proceeding. It is no defense to a charge under this section that the offender mistakenly believed a falsification to be immaterial.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Rodriguez, Ca2007-09-222 (2-9-2009) · State v. Alhweiti