99 Ohio App. 3d 325 - State v. Rivera’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

24 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Evidence was received about the commission of acts other than the offense with which the defendant is charged in this trial. That evidence was received only for a limited purpose. “It was not received and you may not consider it to prove the character of the Defendant to show he acted in accordance with that character. “If you find that the evidence of other acts is true and that the Defendant committed them, you may consider that evidence only for the purpose of deciding whether it proves the absence of accident or the Defendant’s intent or purpose to commit the offense charged in this trial. The evidence cannot be considered for any other purpose. ‡ * “If your verdict was guilty of domestic violence, you will separately decide whether the Defendant was previously convicted of domestic violence. “Evidence was received that the defendant was convicted of domestic violence. That evidence was received because a prior conviction is an element of the offense charged. It was not received and you may not consider it to prove the character of the Defendant in order to show that he acted in accordance with that character.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 125 Ohio App. 3d 103 - State v. Blonski