State Supreme Court / Ohio

State v. Williams

Decided February 21, 1996. J. Craig Wright wrote the opinion for the court.

74 Ohio St. 3d 569 · Cited 286 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. Rojas · 64 Ohio St. 3d 131
State v. Thomas · 40 Ohio St. 3d 213
State v. Long · 53 Ohio St. 2d 91
State v. Holloway · 38 Ohio St. 3d 239
State v. Combs · 62 Ohio St. 3d 278
State v. Smith · 61 Ohio St. 3d 284
State v. Jenks · 61 Ohio St. 3d 259
State v. Landrum · 53 Ohio St. 3d 107
State v. Slagle · 65 Ohio St. 3d 597
State v. Cooey · 46 Ohio St. 3d 20
McKay Machine Co. v. Rodman · 11 Ohio St. 2d 77
State v. Lott · 51 Ohio St. 3d 160
Bostic v. Connor · 37 Ohio St. 3d 144
State v. Shane · 63 Ohio St. 3d 630
State v. DePew · 38 Ohio St. 3d 275
State v. Campbell · 69 Ohio St. 3d 38
State v. Frazier · 61 Ohio St. 3d 247
State v. Dunlap · 73 Ohio St. 3d 308
State v. Grant · 67 Ohio St. 3d 465
State v. Morales · 32 Ohio St. 3d 252
State v. Poindexter · 36 Ohio St. 3d 1
State v. Lorraine · 66 Ohio St. 3d 414
State v. Seiber · 56 Ohio St. 3d 4
State v. Durr · 58 Ohio St. 3d 86
State v. Montgomery · 61 Ohio St. 3d 410

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State v. Christian, Unpublished Decision (3-21-2005) · 2005 Ohio 1440
State v. Mitts · 1998 Ohio 635
Adams v. Bradshaw · 484 F. Supp. 2d 753
State v. Jamii · 2023 Ohio 4671
State v. Wireman, Unpublished Decision (4-2-2002)
State v. Fisher, 2-07-21 (12-3-2007) · 2007 Ohio 6421
State v. Adams · 103 Ohio St. 3d 508
State v. Jamison · 2014 Ohio 3275
State v. Roundtree · 2021 Ohio 3825
State v. Smith · 80 Ohio St. 3d 89
State v. Madrigal · 87 Ohio St. 3d 378
State v. LaMar · 95 Ohio St. 3d 181
State v. Buggs · 995 S.W.2d 102
State v. Conway · 109 Ohio St. 3d 412
State v. Mason · 82 Ohio St. 3d 144
State v. LaMar · 2002 Ohio 2128
State v. Noling · 98 Ohio St. 3d 44
State v. Noling · 2002 Ohio 7044
State v. Sanders · 92 Ohio St. 3d 245
State v. Smith · 1997 Ohio 355

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