State Supreme Court / Ohio

State v. Sowell (Slip Opinion)

Decided December 8, 2016. William Michael O'Neill wrote the opinion for the court.

2016 Ohio 8025 · Cited 96 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.

Waller v. Georgia · 467 U.S. 39
State v. Quarterman (Slip Opinion) · 2014 Ohio 4034
Florida v. Nixon · 543 U.S. 175
State v. Neyland (Slip Opinion) · 2014 Ohio 1914
Sheppard v. Maxwell · 384 U.S. 333
State v. Lundgren · 73 Ohio St. 3d 474
State v. Bethel · 110 Ohio St. 3d 416
Tumey v. Ohio · 273 U.S. 510
State v. Steffen · 31 Ohio St. 3d 111
State v. Perez · 2009 Ohio 6179
People v. Hamilton · 774 P.2d 730
State v. Moore · 81 Ohio St. 3d 22
State v. Mitts · 81 Ohio St. 3d 223
State v. Horner · 2010 Ohio 3830
State v. Sapp · 2004 Ohio 7008
State v. Wesson · 2013 Ohio 4575
Martinez v. Superior Court · 629 P.2d 502
Gideon v. Wainwright · 372 U.S. 335
State v. Bradley · 42 Ohio St. 3d 136
State v. Garner · 74 Ohio St. 3d 49
State v. LaMar · 95 Ohio St. 3d 181
State v. Brown · 38 Ohio St. 3d 305
State v. Hancock · 108 Ohio St. 3d 57
State v. Jones · 91 Ohio St. 3d 335
State v. Lowe · 69 Ohio St. 3d 527

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State v. Moton · 2018 Ohio 737
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State v. Suggs · 2024 Ohio 1961
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