State v. Johnston

Decided October 5, 1988. Ralph Sidney Locher wrote the opinion for the court.

39 Ohio St. 3d 48 · Cited 376 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. Iwakiri · 682 P.2d 571
• State v. Hurd · 432 A.2d 86
• People v. Hughes · 59 N.Y.2d 523
• People v. Shirley · 723 P.2d 1354
• State Ex Rel. Collins v. SUPERIOR COURT, ETC. · 644 P.2d 1266
• Commonwealth v. Kater · 447 N.E.2d 1190
• State v. Martin · 684 P.2d 651
• People v. Nixon · 364 N.W.2d 593
• State v. Souel · 53 Ohio St. 2d 123
• Ojalvo v. Board of Trustees · 12 Ohio St. 3d 230
• State v. Kulig · 37 Ohio St. 2d 157
• Commonwealth v. Nazarovitch · 436 A.2d 170
• Harding v. State · 246 A.2d 302
• State v. Collins · 464 A.2d 1028
• Greenfield v. Commonwealth · 214 Va. 710
• State v. Armstrong · 329 N.W.2d 386
• State v. Haislip · 701 P.2d 909
• State v. Peoples · 319 S.E.2d 177
• Robison v. State · 677 P.2d 1080
• Bundy v. State · 471 So. 2d 9
• Bundy v. State · 455 So. 2d 330
• Chapman v. State · 638 P.2d 1280
• Contreras v. State · 718 P.2d 129
• State v. Seager · 341 N.W.2d 420
• State v. Brown · 337 N.W.2d 138

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• West v. Howard · 601 N.E.2d 528
• State v. Phelps · 192 Ohio App. 3d 484
• Engberg v. Meyer · 820 P.2d 70
• State v. Keith · 2011 Ohio 407
• State v. Reedy, Unpublished Decision (9-27-1999)
• State v. Aldridge · 697 N.E.2d 228
• State v. Cook · 65 Ohio St. 3d 516
• State v. Jackson · 57 Ohio St. 3d 29
• State v. Nguyen · 811 N.E.2d 1180
• State v. Carroll, Unpublished Decision (9-28-2007) · 2007 Ohio 5313
• State v. Mapp · 2011 Ohio 4468
• Matthews v. Ishee · 414 F. Supp. 2d 792
• State v. Craig, Unpublished Decision (3-26-2002)
• State v. Osie (Slip Opinion) · 2014 Ohio 2966
• State v. Geeslin · 116 Ohio St. 3d 252
• State v. Jones · 615 N.E.2d 713
• State v. South · 162 Ohio App. 3d 123
• State v. Larkins, Unpublished Decision (11-6-2003) · 2003 Ohio 5928
• Johnston v. State (Slip Opinion) · 2015 Ohio 4437
• State v. Hall, 90365 (2-5-2009) · 2009 Ohio 461
• State v. Frasure, 2007-A-0033 (3-28-2008) · 2008 Ohio 1504
• State v. Badran, 90725 (12-18-2008) · 2008 Ohio 6649
• State v. Hall · 2009 Ohio 3824
• State v. Wells · 614 N.E.2d 793
• State v. Hamilton, Unpublished Decision (3-17-2000)

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