State Supreme Court / Ohio

State v. Williams

Decided September 14, 1988. Asher William Sweeney wrote the opinion for the court.

38 Ohio St. 3d 346 · Cited 211 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. Williams · 6 Ohio St. 3d 281
State v. Rogers · 28 Ohio St. 3d 427
Caldwell v. Mississippi · 472 U.S. 320
State v. Lytle · 48 Ohio St. 2d 391
State v. White · 15 Ohio St. 2d 146
State v. Smith · 17 Ohio St. 3d 98
State v. Eley · 56 Ohio St. 2d 169
State v. DePew · 38 Ohio St. 3d 275
State v. Bayless · 48 Ohio St. 2d 73
State v. Rahman · 23 Ohio St. 3d 146
State v. Gilmore · 28 Ohio St. 3d 190
State v. Hannah · 54 Ohio St. 2d 84
State v. Zimmerman · 18 Ohio St. 3d 43
State v. Sargent · 41 Ohio St. 2d 85
State v. Pearson · 62 Ohio St. 2d 291

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State v. Barbarotta, Unpublished Decision (1-31-2002)
State v. Getsy · 84 Ohio St. 3d 180
State v. Durr · 58 Ohio St. 3d 86
State v. Shue · 646 N.E.2d 1156
State v. [C.W.] · 2018 Ohio 1479
State v. Lewis · 2011 Ohio 6155
State v. Jackson · 2022 Ohio 3483
State v. Hill · 75 Ohio St. 3d 195
State v. Issa · 93 Ohio St. 3d 49
State v. Yarbrough · 95 Ohio St. 3d 227
State v. Yarbrough · 2002 Ohio 2126
State v. Keith · 79 Ohio St. 3d 514
State v. Cooey · 46 Ohio St. 3d 20
State v. McKnight · 107 Ohio St. 3d 101
State v. Taylor · 66 Ohio St. 3d 295
State v. Wickline · 50 Ohio St. 3d 114
State v. Allen · 73 Ohio St. 3d 626
State v. Williams · 99 Ohio St. 3d 493
State v. Smith · 49 Ohio St. 3d 137
State v. Mammone (Slip Opinion) · 2014 Ohio 1942
State v. Lynch · 98 Ohio St. 3d 514
State v. Bedford · 39 Ohio St. 3d 122
State v. Getsy · 1998 Ohio 533
Engberg v. Meyer · 820 P.2d 70
State v. Issa · 2001 Ohio 1290

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