State Supreme Court / Ohio

State v. Wade

Decided March 22, 1978. Ralph Sidney Locher wrote the opinion for the court.

53 Ohio St. 2d 182 · Cited 287 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. Childs · 14 Ohio St. 2d 56
State v. Lane · 49 Ohio St. 2d 77
State v. Williams · 39 Ohio St. 2d 20
State v. Bayless · 48 Ohio St. 2d 73
Starr v. United States · 153 U.S. 614
State v. Timson · 38 Ohio St. 2d 122
State v. Woods · 48 Ohio St. 2d 127
Smith v. Flesher · 12 Ohio St. 2d 107
State v. Lockett · 49 Ohio St. 2d 48
State v. Davis · 1 Ohio St. 2d 28
State v. Bell · 48 Ohio St. 2d 270
State v. Black · 48 Ohio St. 2d 262

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State v. Phillips · 1995 Ohio 171
State v. Phillips · 74 Ohio St. 3d 72
State v. Green · 2000 Ohio 182
State v. Hanna · 95 Ohio St. 3d 285
State v. Lynch · 98 Ohio St. 3d 514
State v. Hanna · 2002 Ohio 2221
State v. Thomas · 97 Ohio St. 3d 309
State v. Green · 2000 Ohio 182
State v. Hopfer · 679 N.E.2d 321
State v. McCarley, Unpublished Decision (3-15-2006) · 2006 Ohio 1176
State v. Wright · 448 N.E.2d 499
State v. Combs · 62 Ohio St. 3d 278
State v. Mason · 82 Ohio St. 3d 144
State v. McKnight · 107 Ohio St. 3d 101
State v. Hartman · 93 Ohio St. 3d 274
State v. Mason · 1998 Ohio 370
State v. Hartman · 2001 Ohio 1580
State v. Davis · 607 N.E.2d 543
State v. Romy · 168 N.E.3d 86
State v. Rector, Unpublished Decision (12-31-2002)
State v. Spencer · 2015 Ohio 52
City of Broadview Heights v. Baron · 745 N.E.2d 516
State v. James · 2017 Ohio 7861
State v. Landrum · 53 Ohio St. 3d 107
State v. Phillips · 2014 Ohio 5162

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