State Supreme Court / Ohio

State v. Fears

Decided September 8, 1999. Francis Edward Sweeney Sr. wrote the opinion for the court.

86 Ohio St. 3d 329 · Cited 417 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.

State v. Keenan · 66 Ohio St. 3d 402
Berger v. United States · 295 U.S. 78
State v. DePew · 38 Ohio St. 3d 275
State v. Wogenstahl · 75 Ohio St. 3d 344
State v. Bradley · 42 Ohio St. 3d 136
State v. Logan · 60 Ohio St. 2d 126
State v. Getsy · 84 Ohio St. 3d 180
State v. Gumm · 73 Ohio St. 3d 413
State v. Webb · 70 Ohio St. 3d 325
State v. Rogers · 17 Ohio St. 3d 174
State v. Hutton · 53 Ohio St. 3d 36
State v. Long · 53 Ohio St. 2d 91
State v. Price · 60 Ohio St. 2d 136
State v. Wade · 53 Ohio St. 2d 182
State v. Reed · 65 Ohio St. 2d 117
State v. Muscatello · 55 Ohio St. 2d 201
State v. Lott · 51 Ohio St. 3d 160
State v. Hill · 75 Ohio St. 3d 195
State v. Waddy · 63 Ohio St. 3d 424
State v. Landrum · 53 Ohio St. 3d 107
State v. Brown · 38 Ohio St. 3d 305
State v. Slagle · 65 Ohio St. 3d 597
State v. Taylor · 78 Ohio St. 3d 15
State v. Hopfer · 679 N.E.2d 321
State v. Brooks · 75 Ohio St. 3d 148

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State v. Mammone (Slip Opinion) · 2014 Ohio 1942
State v. Hancock · 108 Ohio St. 3d 57
State v. Monroe · 105 Ohio St. 3d 384
State v. Neeley · 758 N.E.2d 745
State v. Johnson · 2011 Ohio 3623
State v. LaMar · 95 Ohio St. 3d 181
State v. LaMar · 2002 Ohio 2128
State v. Conway · 108 Ohio St. 3d 214
State v. Cabrales · 118 Ohio St. 3d 54
State v. Gross · 97 Ohio St. 3d 121
State v. Stallings · 89 Ohio St. 3d 280
State v. Jackson (Slip Opinion) · 2014 Ohio 3707
State v. Winn · 2009 Ohio 1059
State v. Stallings · 2000 Ohio 164
State v. Greathouse, 21536 (5-4-2007) · 2007 Ohio 2136
City of Wellston v. Horsley, Unpublished Decision (8-17-2006) · 2006 Ohio 4386
State v. Bowers · 2016 Ohio 904
State v. Lee · 2010 Ohio 5672
State v. Rodgers, Unpublished Decision (3-30-2007) · 2007 Ohio 1501
State v. Dunning, Unpublished Decision (3-23-2000)
State v. Gross · 2002 Ohio 5524
State v. Smith · 2013 Ohio 756
State v. Adams · 2011 Ohio 5361
State v. Powell · 889 N.E.2d 1047
State v. Gatt · 2011 Ohio 5221

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