State v. Coombs

How courts have described this case

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

• “A reviewing court must presume that the trial court applied the law correctly. This requirement is violated when the reviewing court isolates two brief extracts from a lengthy transcript and infers therefrom that the trial judge did not understand the law.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Steffen
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1987-06-24· cited 493×
• In re Watson
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1989-12-20· cited 140×
• State v. Sowell
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1988-11-16· cited 136×
• State v. Bentley
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2023-05-30· cited 13×
• State v. Colley
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2010-09-30· cited 8×
• Holman v. Wiser
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2023-11-13· cited 8×
• Wilk v. Wilk
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2011-10-13· cited 7×
• State v. Rickard
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2015-08-14· cited 5×
• In re A.B.M.
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2019-08-08· cited 3×
• State v. Vanover
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2021-09-13· cited 3×
• State v. Stevers
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2023-08-22· cited 3×
• State v. Balmert
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2024-03-29· cited 3×
• State v. Woodfork
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2025-08-01· cited 3×
• State v. Jones
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2025-09-08· cited 1×
• Longaberger v. Thompson
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2015-10-26
• State v. Graham
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2022-04-04
• State v. Cunningham
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2024-03-29
• State v. Brime
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2026-03-24
• State v. Smith
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2026-04-08
• Nichols v. Nichols
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2026-04-08

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Thomas
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1982-05-19· cited 667×
• State v. Eubank
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1979-12-26· cited 83×
• State v. Staten
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1969-04-09· cited 67×