State Supreme Court / Ohio

State v. Brown

Decided August 31, 1988. J. Craig Wright wrote the opinion for the court.

38 Ohio St. 3d 305 · Cited 695 times

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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.

State v. Mapes · 19 Ohio St. 3d 108
State v. Buell · 22 Ohio St. 3d 124
State v. Adams · 62 Ohio St. 2d 151
State v. Kulig · 37 Ohio St. 2d 157
State v. Steffen · 31 Ohio St. 3d 111
State v. Coleman · 37 Ohio St. 3d 286
State v. Greer · 66 Ohio St. 2d 139
State v. Rogers · 17 Ohio St. 3d 174
State v. Johnson · 24 Ohio St. 3d 87
People v. Watson · 418 N.E.2d 1015
State v. CECOS International, Inc. · 38 Ohio St. 3d 120
State v. Wilson · 384 N.E.2d 1300
State v. Summers · 444 N.E.2d 1041
Caldwell v. Mississippi · 472 U.S. 320
Sheppard v. Maxwell · 384 U.S. 333
State v. Eley · 56 Ohio St. 2d 169

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State v. Gross · 97 Ohio St. 3d 121
State v. Blair · 592 N.E.2d 854
State v. Ware, Unpublished Decision (12-21-2004) · 2004 Ohio 6984
State v. Gross · 2002 Ohio 5524
State v. White · 82 Ohio St. 3d 16
State v. Coley · 93 Ohio St. 3d 253
State v. Clemons · 82 Ohio St. 3d 438
State v. Coleman · 45 Ohio St. 3d 298
State v. Hicks · 43 Ohio St. 3d 72
State v. Pickens (Slip Opinion) · 2014 Ohio 5445
State v. Bey · 1999 Ohio 283
State v. Coley · 2001 Ohio 1340
State v. Nields · 2001 Ohio 1291
State v. Hill · 1996 Ohio 222
State v. Gavin · 2015 Ohio 2996
State v. White · 1998 Ohio 363
State v. Lundgren · 1995 Ohio 227
State v. Clemons · 1998 Ohio 406
State v. Moore · 1998 Ohio 441
State v. Vanderhorst · 2012 Ohio 2762
State v. Berrien, Unpublished Decision (9-5-2006) · 2006 Ohio 4563
State v. Lininger, Unpublished Decision (8-11-2006) · 2006 Ohio 4136
State v. Carter · 72 Ohio St. 3d 545
State v. Hill · 75 Ohio St. 3d 195
State v. Campbell · 69 Ohio St. 3d 38

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