State v. Ballard

Decided June 24, 1981. Robert E. Holmes wrote the opinion for the court.

66 Ohio St. 2d 473 · Cited 893 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• People v. Jaworski · 194 N.W.2d 868
• State v. Turner · 183 N.W.2d 763
• Wood v. Morris · 554 P.2d 1032
• Commonwealth v. Morrow · 296 N.E.2d 468
• State v. Colyer · 557 P.2d 626
• Nachtigall v. Erickson · 178 N.W.2d 198
• Williams v. State · 325 N.E.2d 827
• Davis v. State · 361 A.2d 113
• Higby v. Sheriff of Clark County · 476 P.2d 959
• People v. Rizer · 484 P.2d 1367
• Merrill v. State · 206 N.W.2d 828
• State v. Bugbee · 161 Conn. 531
• State v. Griffey · 35 Ohio St. 2d 101
• Heffley v. Warden, Nevada State Prison · 516 P.2d 1403
• State v. Lambert · 225 S.E.2d 340
• Smith v. State · 571 S.W.2d 591
• State v. MacKey · 553 S.W.2d 337
• Williams v. State · 316 So. 2d 267
• Brainard v. State · 222 N.W.2d 711
• State v. Holden · 375 So. 2d 1372
• Laird v. State · 385 N.E.2d 452
• State v. Billups · 57 Ohio St. 2d 31
• Easterling v. State · 352 So. 2d 33

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• State v. Veney · 120 Ohio St. 3d 176
• State v. Anderson · 669 N.E.2d 865
• State v. Ralston · 2018 Ohio 4946
• State v. Thompson · 2019 Ohio 5407
• State v. Bublitz, 23547 (9-26-2007) · 2007 Ohio 5029
• State v. Davis, Unpublished Decision (9-7-2000)
• State v. Barker · 2011 Ohio 4130
• State v. Rowbotham · 879 N.E.2d 856
• State v. Holt, Unpublished Decision (6-23-2004) · 2004 Ohio 3252
• State v. Veney, Unpublished Decision (3-22-2007) · 2007 Ohio 1295
• City of Westlake v. Kilbane · 765 N.E.2d 986
• State v. Senich, Unpublished Decision (9-25-2003)
• State v. Gensert · 2016 Ohio 1163
• State v. Harris · 160 Ohio App. 3d 851
• State v. Stalnaker, Unpublished Decision (10-29-2003) · 2003 Ohio 5789
• State v. Cawthorne · 245 N.E.3d 930
• State v. Parks, Unpublished Decision (3-23-2006) · 2006 Ohio 1352
• State v. Hurt · 2020 Ohio 2754
• State v. Ellis · 2015 Ohio 3438
• State v. Moore, 6-07-03 (11-13-2007) · 2007 Ohio 6018
• State v. Woods · 192 Ohio App. 3d 494
• State v. Cruz · 2019 Ohio 5239
• State v. Schofield, Unpublished Decision (12-10-1999)
• State v. Trubee, Unpublished Decision (2-14-2005) · 2005 Ohio 552
• State v. Foust, 3-07-11 (10-29-2007) · 2007 Ohio 5767

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