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State v. James

Decided December 3, 2015. Melody J. Stewart wrote the opinion for the court.

2015 Ohio 4987 · Cited 67 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. Ruff · 143 Ohio St. 3d 114
State v. Williams · 2012 Ohio 5699
State v. Dehass · 10 Ohio St. 2d 230
State v. Otten · 515 N.E.2d 1009
State v. Underwood · 2010 Ohio 1
State v. Ford · 2011 Ohio 765
State v. Schlosser · 79 Ohio St. 3d 329
State v. Davis · 46 Ohio St. 2d 444
State v. Cassano · 2012 Ohio 4047
State v. Vanderhorst · 2013 Ohio 1785
State v. West · 2013 Ohio 96
State v. Gardner · 2011 Ohio 2644
State v. Walker · 2013 Ohio 3522
State v. Fortune · 2015 Ohio 4019
State v. Sheffey · 2013 Ohio 2463
State v. Humphries · 2014 Ohio 5423

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