Ellis v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “A trespasser is not entitled to assert self-defense to justify an assault upon another who legitimately used non-lethal force to exclude him from the property.”
• “one who uses force to intervene in a conflict on behalf of another may not invoke a privilege of self-defense if the person defended was the aggressor in the conflict”
• stating the burden of proof

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State ex rel. Tubbs Jones v. Suster
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1998-12-02· cited 504×
• State ex rel. Tubbs Jones v. Suster
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1998-12-01· cited 57×
• Johnston v. State (Slip Opinion)
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2015-10-28· cited 8×
• Dunbar v. State
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2012-02-23· cited 6×
• State v. White
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2019-10-11· cited 5×
• Ellis v. State
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1992-08-19· cited 5×
• Houston v. State
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2012-09-27· cited 4×
• Ballard v. State
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2012-07-05· cited 4×
• Doss v. State
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2011-12-15· cited 4×
• State v. McDuffie
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2014-11-06· cited 4×
• Martin v. State
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2022-07-28· cited 4×
• Jones v. State
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2011-06-23· cited 1×
• Doss v. State
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2017-04-06· cited 1×
• State v. D.H.
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2006-12-28
• McClain v. State
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2010-03-16
• State v. Dixon
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2026-02-19
• State v. Reid
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2026-05-14

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Walden v. State
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1989-11-29· cited 125×
• State v. Wenger
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1979-06-13· cited 84×
• In re Sekulich
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1981-03-11· cited 67×