State Supreme Court / Ohio

State v. Brown

Decided October 8, 2003. Francis Edward Sweeney Sr. wrote the opinion for the court.

100 Ohio St. 3d 51 · Cited 204 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. Howard · 42 Ohio St. 3d 18
State v. Hessler · 90 Ohio St. 3d 108
State v. Springer · 63 Ohio St. 3d 167
State v. Mason · 82 Ohio St. 3d 144
State v. Henness · 79 Ohio St. 3d 53
State v. Glover · 35 Ohio St. 3d 18
State v. Mitts · 81 Ohio St. 3d 223
Allen v. United States · 164 U.S. 492
State v. Mills · 62 Ohio St. 3d 357
State v. Madrigal · 87 Ohio St. 3d 378
State v. Getsy · 84 Ohio St. 3d 180
State v. DePew · 38 Ohio St. 3d 275
State v. Steffen · 31 Ohio St. 3d 111
State v. Dunlap · 73 Ohio St. 3d 308
State v. Poindexter · 36 Ohio St. 3d 1
State v. Lundgren · 73 Ohio St. 3d 474
State v. Allen · 73 Ohio St. 3d 626
State v. McNeill · 83 Ohio St. 3d 438
State v. Johnson · 88 Ohio St. 3d 95
State v. Zuern · 32 Ohio St. 3d 56
State v. Myers · 97 Ohio St. 3d 335
State v. Moore · 81 Ohio St. 3d 22
State v. Taylor · 98 Ohio St. 3d 27
State v. Davie · 80 Ohio St. 3d 311
State v. Brumback · 671 N.E.2d 1064

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State v. Lewis, Unpublished Decision (5-24-2005) · 2005 Ohio 2699
State v. Ahmed · 103 Ohio St. 3d 27
State v. Gapen · 104 Ohio St. 3d 358
State v. Perkins · 2014 Ohio 752
State v. Wellman, Unpublished Decision (7-25-2006) · 2006 Ohio 3808
State v. Owings, Unpublished Decision (8-18-2006) · 2006 Ohio 4281
State v. Myers, Unpublished Decision (3-31-2006) · 2006 Ohio 1604
State v. Hairston, Unpublished Decision (8-10-2007) · 2007 Ohio 4159
State v. Spradlin · 2017 Ohio 630
State v. Hairston, 06ca3081 (7-27-2007) · 2007 Ohio 3880
State v. Cochran, 2006 Ca 87 (8-31-2007) · 2007 Ohio 4545
State v. King · 2013 Ohio 4791
State v. Bertram · 2022 Ohio 2488
State v. Malone · 2015 Ohio 3436
State v. Baker, Unpublished Decision (1-7-2005) · 2005 Ohio 46
State v. Steward · 2014 Ohio 5632
State v. Skatzes · 104 Ohio St. 3d 195
State v. Bethel · 110 Ohio St. 3d 416
State v. Morris (Slip Opinion) · 2014 Ohio 5052
State v. Hoffner · 102 Ohio St. 3d 358
State v. Jordan · 101 Ohio St. 3d 216
State v. Jackson · 107 Ohio St. 3d 300
State v. Hatten · 186 Ohio App. 3d 286
State v. Houston, Unpublished Decision (8-16-2005) · 2005 Ohio 4249
State v. Whipple · 2012 Ohio 2938

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