State Supreme Court / Ohio

State v. O'Brien

Decided December 9, 1987. Asher William Sweeney wrote the opinion for the court.

34 Ohio St. 3d 7 · Cited 264 times

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State v. Pachay · 64 Ohio St. 2d 218
State v. Butler · 19 Ohio St. 2d 55
State v. Cross · 26 Ohio St. 2d 270

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State v. Bray, Unpublished Decision (3-10-2004) · 2004 Ohio 1067
State v. Grinnell · 678 N.E.2d 231
State v. Matland · 2010 Ohio 6585
State v. Love, Unpublished Decision (3-27-2006) · 2006 Ohio 1762
State v. Bandy, Unpublished Decision (2-22-2007) · 2007 Ohio 859
Toledo v. Sauger · 901 N.E.2d 826
State v. Masters · 876 N.E.2d 1007
Shavin v. Commonwealth · 437 S.E.2d 411
State v. Mintz · 598 N.E.2d 52
Village of Glenwillow v. Tomsick · 676 N.E.2d 1259
State v. Wright, Unpublished Decision (7-2-2002)
In re T.G. · 2020 Ohio 2764
State v. Logan · 593 N.E.2d 395
State v. Williams · 2012 Ohio 6277
State v. Maisch · 880 N.E.2d 153
State v. Lenard · 2012 Ohio 1636
State v. Braden · 197 Ohio App. 3d 534

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